COLUMBUS, OH – Over 1,200 Ohio women across the political spectrum penned a letter to Bernie Moreno today slamming him for his recent “
insult[ing]” comments “
mocking” Ohio women for caring about a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions.
Ohio Women: “Bernie Moreno, you have proven you are unfit to represent Ohio. The way you have insulted Ohio women, your clear disrespect for the will of the voters who made their position on this issue clear last year, and your repeated support for an abortion ban with “no exceptions” all make it clear we cannot trust you to fight for us.”
This is the latest example of Moreno being “lambasted” “from both sides of the aisle” for his “demeaning” and “dismissive” comments where he called Ohio women “a little crazy” for wanting to make their own health care decisions.
Statehouse News Bureau: Republican, Democratic and Independent women pen letter to Moreno on abortion comments
Jo Ingles – October 9, 2024
- More than 1,200 Ohio women have signed an open letter to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno to tell him they don’t think comments he made recently were funny, and that they’re voting for his opponent.
- Moreno has been lambasted for what he said to supporters in Southwest Ohio last month.
- “You know, the left has a lot of ‘single issue’ voters. Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else,’” Moreno said. “Ok. A little crazy by the way. But, especially for women that are like past 50, I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.”
- Jenny Conrad, a Republican voter in the Mt. Orab area, was one of the people who signed the letter. She said abortion is not a “crazy women’s issue.” She sees it as a health care, family, relationship and “most importantly a freedom issue.”
- “I was insulted by Bernie Moreno’s comment about people over 50, women over 50, being just a little crazy. I’m a 72 year-old-woman and of course I’m concerned about womens’ reproductive issues. I’ve got daughters, I’ve got sisters, I’ve got nieces, I’ve got friends, all who I care about,” Conrad said. “And even though I may be out of age, so to speak, they are not. And I care about them and I care about their right to be able to make their own health care decisions.”
- Republican Penny Schmitthenner, a voter from Delaware, also signed the letter for the same reasons.
- “Bernie Moreno is totally out of touch with Ohio voters,” Schmitthenner said. She added she’ll be voting for Brown because “he respects women.”
- “Just the way he chooses to represent Ohio and has for years and years and years, that’s why I was more than happy to sign the letter,” Schmitthenner said.
- Brown has repeatedly said he would uphold the reproductive rights amendment passed by 57% of Ohio voters last November.
- [Moreno’s campaign] did not address a question about whether Moreno would vote for a national abortion ban if it were to come before him.
Read The Letter Here
