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'Local political leaders' should have a role in women's abortion decisions, Oz says in debate [1]

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Date: 2022-10-26

The reality is this:

x Republicans who will vote for a national abortion ban:



100% of the Republicans who say they will



100% of the Republicans who won’t say either way



70% of the Republicans who explicitly promise not to — Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 26, 2022

Testifying to the truth of that, even Lindsey Graham was saying “I think states should decide the issue of marriage and states should decide the issue of abortion” just weeks before he introduced a federal abortion ban. Oz wouldn’t just say “no” to voting for that federal ban. So mark him as a yes if Republicans take the Senate and, as Graham promised, there’s a vote on that bill or something even worse.

It is not only about Oz, though in a tight race that could determine control of the Senate, it definitely is about Oz too. What Republicans want—through Graham’s 15-week ban or any of the other abortion bans they have introduced in Congress in the past year or two—is for your local political leaders to be able to institute a harsher abortion ban than whatever Republicans could use control of Congress to jam through, but not to be able to pass stronger laws protecting abortion access. That’s why all the fancy footwork from Oz.

Charles Gaba tweeted a thread of comments from the kind of local political leaders Oz might be envisioning. Comments like, “I’m of the understanding that in many cases of rape it does not involve pregnancy because of the trauma of the incident,” from an Idaho state representative. Or “Obviously rape is awful … what is beautiful is the child that could come from this,” from a West Virginia state delegate. Or a bill stating, “No abortion shall be performed or induced unless and until the father of the unborn child provides written, notarized consent,” filed in 2014 by a Missouri state representative. The list goes on. And on.

Those are the people Oz is putting on equal footing with women and their doctors in making decisions about abortion.

Needless to say this drew a response, although in all honesty, a lot of the response was more or less, “Wait, he really said that? Seriously?”

x I wonder which “local political leaders” Oz would like in the room with women and their doctors. State senators, House members, maybe county recorders, how about attorneys general? — Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) October 26, 2022

x What Mehmet Oz means when he says abortion should be between "a woman, her doctor, and local political leaders." #PASenateDebate pic.twitter.com/hhsv1ujkSm — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 26, 2022

x If you have homes in four states, like Oz, which of your “local political leaders” do you have to consult about your medical procedures? https://t.co/ToC4xxqNPE — Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 26, 2022

x Dr. Oz wants the same local political leaders currently banning books to be in the doctor’s office and decide what you can or can’t do with your body. — Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) October 26, 2022

x What #DrOz means here by "local political leaders" is #DougMastriano. I've never taken Doug to my OB/GYN appt and I'm not about to have Oz force me to now. #VoteBlue2022 https://t.co/cl5gmbPYH7 — Emily Kinkead (@emily4pa20) October 26, 2022

Hopefully Fetterman’s campaign and about half a dozen outside groups are already cutting ads showing Oz calling for abortion decisions to be made by “a woman, her doctor, and local political leaders.” Maybe with a little visualization of what exactly that could look like, just to drive the point home.

Sign if you agree: A vote for Republicans is a vote to ban abortion.

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