Story submitted Friends of Sherrod Brown

DELAWARE, OH (10-18-24) – Today, Sherrod Brown joined lifelong Republican and former Republican political operative Marcie Seidel, Republican voter Paul Chidester, and Independent voter Ann Fischer in Delaware to discuss Bernie Moreno’s comments calling Ohio women “a little crazy” for wanting to make their own health care decisions. 

Sherrod Brown –

“Ohioans understand the stakes of this election and the choice ahead of them is clear: I will always support a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions, my opponent thinks he knows better, called Ohioans ‘crazy,’ and would overturn the will of voters by supporting a national abortion ban.” 

Republican Marcie Seidel

“I am personally pro-life in the fullest sense of the word. But Bernie Moreno’s comments are unbelievably disrespectful to me and all Ohio women and he is further proving he doesn’t have the integrity to represent Ohioans. As a staff member for a former Republican administration, I’m no stranger to Ohio politics but some things are bigger than your political party.”

Republican Paul Chidester
 

“Last November, Ohioans said loud and clear that they believe women should have the right to make their own health care decisions – not politicians.I’m clearly not a woman, or a woman over 50, but Moreno’s comments are insulting, and make it clear that he thinks his own views outweigh the views held by the majority of Ohioans. We need a Senator of character like Sherrod Brown who understands that every Ohioan should have the ability to make their own health care decisions.”

Independent voter Ann Fischer

“I am only able to stand before you today because I was able to receive a life saving abortion in 1992 after experiencing an ectopic pregnancy. So when I heard Bernie Moreno call Ohio women ‘a little crazy’ for caring about what happens to our own bodies, I thought: how DARE he? Moreno wants to insert himself into our private medical decisions because he thinks he knows better than us – he doesn’t. I’ve always voted based on who I think is the best choice for Ohio – never according to party politics – and this year the choice is clear.” 

While Sherrod stands with the majority of Ohioans who believe a woman’s health care decisions should be between her and her doctor, Moreno has said he is “100% pro-life with no exceptions” and “absolute pro-life, no exceptions” and would support a national abortion ban, overturning the will of Ohioans who voted overwhelmingly to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution just last year.