Ohio and Virginia Republicans Are Lying About, Well, Everything to Get People to Vote Against Aborti
Elections next month could decide the fate of abortion access in both Ohio and Virginia—and conservative politicians and activists are working overtime to try to mislead people about what’s at stake.
In Ohio, voters will decide on a ballot measure that would protect abortion in the state constitution, while in Virginia, every seat in the statehouse is up for election and, if Republicans gain a trifecta, they will move to pass a 15-week abortion ban. (Virginia is the last state in the South not to restrict abortion at or before 12 weeks.) Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) are getting personally involved in efforts to turn out anti-abortion voters, with DeWine actually appearing in an ad and Youngkin’s PAC spending $1.4 million on ads falsely claiming that his party isn’t pushing for a ban.
DeWine did the ad for the anti-abortion group Protect Women Ohio, where he sat alongside his wife, First Lady Fran DeWine, to explain why they oppose Issue 1. (The pro-choice position is to vote “yes.”) Fran says it’s because “it would allow an abortion at any time during a pregnancy.” The Governor says whether people are pro-choice or pro-life, the ballot measure is “just not right for Ohio.”
What they fail to mention in the ad is that DeWine signed a six-week abortion ban in 2019—a ban that the state Supreme Court could let take effect at any time. If Issue 1 passes, it would invalidate that ban, but if it fails? It looks extremely likely that abortion will be banned after six weeks of pregnancy, which is before many people know they’re pregnant. (The ban was in effect for 82 days last year, and it was during that time that a 10-year-old rape survivor had to travel to Indiana to get an abortion.)
https://jezebel.com/ohio-and-virginia-republicans-are-lying-about-well-ev-1850929847
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