Ohio · Protect Life
There's a line most Ohioans won't cross…
But Sherrod Brown and Amy Acton crossed it.
Brown and Acton are on the wrong side of the line, and they are wrong for Ohio families.
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Ohio · In their own words
What they’ve said, how they’ve voted and who backs them.
The record
Sherrod Brown has sponsored and voted for legislation to erase nearly every abortion limit in the country. The bill would legalize abortion, for any reason, and at any time, nationally. The bill would nullify almost every safeguard in the country, including parental notification requirements.
Brown voted three times against a bill to end elective abortion at 20 weeks or later. The bill contained exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or when the mother’s life is at risk. This far along in pregnancy, babies can hear, suck their thumbs, and feel pain. Thousands of these abortions happen in the U.S. each year.
When Congress passed a federal ban on partial-birth abortion in 2003, Sherrod Brown voted NO. Partial-birth abortion involves delivering the child into the birth canal up to his shoulders and killing him through suctioning the brain and crushing his skull. Before the ban, thousands of these procedures occurred each year – according to abortion providers, mostly on healthy babies and moms in the second and third trimesters.
Congress has repeatedly tried to pass a law to make sure babies who are born alive after an abortion attempt are treated the same as a wanted baby in a similar situation. Sherrod Brown voted to block that legislation multiple times.
Federal tax dollars are generally only able to fund abortion in cases of rape, incest, or when the mother’s life is at risk. Sherrod Brown tried to change that, requiring that taxpayers fund abortion for any reason whatsoever.
Brown backed a bill to change federal law and legalize the use of foreign aid funds to pay for elective abortions overseas.
The bill required Medicaid to pay for elective abortion – and then made even wealthy people eligible for Medicaid coverage.
The record
Amy Acton characterizes limits on abortion as “government interference” and promises to oppose them.
The biggest abortion groups backing Acton explicitly tell their candidates to defend late-term, sex-selection, and even partial-birth abortion – and point out that late abortions happen for many non-medical reasons. These same groups even oppose laws requiring parental notification or consent when a minor seeks abortion. These groups privately vet candidates to make sure they’re ideologically aligned before endorsing.
Acton supports laws in Ohio creating an unlimited “right” to abortion for every individual, regardless of age. Her backers say parental notification should never be required, no matter what.
Acton’s Department of Health granted an exception to Ohio’s safety regulations for a notorious abortion clinic operated by the self-proclaimed inventor of partial-birth abortion. The doctor running the facility was accused of performing an abortion “on a woman who was too intoxicated to stand, let alone consent to the procedure.”
Acton promises to “expand access” to abortion in Ohio. Abortion groups, including those endorsing Amy, define abortion “access” to include taxpayer funding of elective abortion.
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio reported getting more than $12 million in taxpayer dollars in its most recent report through reimbursements and grants – all while performing abortions for any reason up to 21 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy. Amy Acton brags about their endorsement on her website.
Don't wait until it's too late… Protect Life, Take Action Today!
Early voting begins October 6
Election Day is November 3. Choose how you’ll vote — then Protect Life.
