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Our Children are Not for Sale to the Highest Bidder
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Faith2Action
Nov. 10, 2023
NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio, Nov. 10, 2023 /Christian
Newswire/ -- In addition to the 26 Ohio legislators who issued a joint
statement against Issue 1 on Tuesday, legislative leaders announced today they
will be introducing bills to address Issue 1 in the Ohio House. Tuesday's joint
legislative statement said in part, "This initiative failed to mention a single,
specific law. We will do everything in our power to prevent our laws from being
removed based upon perception of intent."
"Foreign billionaires don't get to make Ohio laws," said Jennifer Gross (R-West
Chester), pointing to millions from billionaires outside America that helped
fund Issue 1. Gross added, "This is foreign election interference and it will
not stand."
"If foreign money can be used to buy elections, what's to stop the Chinese from
funding a forced-abortion amendment next?" asked Faith2Action President Janet
Folger Porter. "This ends here."
"Issue 1 doesn't repeal a single Ohio law, in fact, it doesn't even mention
one," said Representative Bill Dean (R-Xenia). "This initiative is too vague and
ambiguous to change anything."
"Just as we wouldn't reinstate slavery by a popular vote, the inalienable right
to life cannot be infringed, no matter how much foreign money was spent on false
and misleading ads," said former State Representative Candice Keller, a joint
sponsor of Ohio's Heartbeat Law.
"Our children are not for sale to the highest bidder on a ballot initiative."
said Porter, who was instrumental behind the passage of Ohio's Woman's Right to
Know Law, Parental Consent, Fetal Homicide, Partial Birth Abortion Ban, and the
Heartbeat Law. She continued, "The Supreme Court in Dobbs established
that this is for elected representatives to decide. Just as Missouri legislators
negated a stem cell ballot initiative in 2006, we will do likewise."
Constitutional Attorney Andy Schlafly, son of the renowned Phyllis Schlafly
stated, "Issue 1 violates the right to elect representatives to decide
fundamental issues. Ballot initiatives cannot infringe on the inalienable right
to life, and the legislature should withdraw jurisdiction from the courts to
prevent misapplication of Issue 1 against life."
Representative Beth Lear (R-Galena) stated, "No amendment can overturn the God
given rights with which we were born."
"Why would we allow deceptive foreign money to use vague and obscure inference
to dismantle 50 years of open, transparent, and Constitutional legislation?"
asked former State Representative Ron Hood, who helped lead the charge to pass
Ohio's Parental Consent, Partial Birth Abortion Ban, and the Heartbeat Law.
State Representative Melanie Miller (R-Ashland) stated, "We will continue to be
a voice for every child in their mother's womb who cannot speak for themselves."
"Speaking from Michigan, a state that was once was a pro-life leader, we now
have abortion until birth and partial birth abortion, because of a similar
unconstitutional amendment," said Pastor Corey Shankleton, President of
Faith2Action Michigan. "I want to encourage every person, especially
legislators, to stand against this foreign-funded assault."
A recent Michigan poll conducted by the Marketing Resource Group clearly shows
"voter's remorse" for those who supported Proposal 3, the deceptive Michigan
amendment similar to Ohio's Issue 1. It revealed 60 percent of voters who said
they voted "yes" on their amendment last fall, support Parental Consent despite
voting for the amendment that stripped parents of it.
The poll also showed 65 percent of Proposal 3 supporters agree with the 24-hour
waiting period to provide women with informed consent, something the amendment
for which they voted repealed. In addition, the poll revealed 97 percent of
Proposal 3 supporters want abortion facilities to be licensed and inspected by
the state to ensure basic public health and sanitation standards, despite voting
for the amendment to repeal them.
"Why did people vote for an amendment diametrically opposed to their beliefs?
They were deceived, just like in Ohio, where confusing ads intentionally hid and
deliberately lied about what the amendment would do," stated Porter.
Shankleton added, "These proposals are so vaguely written in order to deceive
the public into passing them, that to enact them into law requires deciphering
ambiguous intent. That's not how Constitutional law is created!"
To prevent mischief by pro-abortion courts with Issue 1, Ohio legislators will
seek to remove jurisdiction from the judiciary over this ambiguous ballot
initiative. The Ohio legislature alone will consider what, if any, modifications
to make to existing laws based on public hearings and input from legal experts
on both sides.
"We will withdraw jurisdiction from the courts so that they cannot misapply
Issue 1 for the benefit of the abortion industry," said Representative Gross, of
a procedure utilized successfully in the past.
"We fully support Representative Gross and the courageous legislators who are
using their Constitutionally-granted powers in accordance with the Dobbs
decision to protect Ohioans and parental rights," said John Stover, President
Ohio Value Voters.
Michigan Poll:
https://www.micatholic.org/advocacy/news-room/news-releases/2023/polling-indicates-wide-voter-support-for-restrictions-on-abortion/
SOURCE Faith2Action
CONTACT: Janet Folger Porter, 202-241-2ACT (2228),
contact@F2A.org