Ohio GOP Rep. Steve Chabot's vote against contraception bill slammed in new ads

[turbinetree]

By Emily Singer -October 14, 2022 11:31 AM

The group Americans for Contraception is running ads that also note 90% of House Republicans voted against the Right to Contraception Act.

Republican Rep. Steve Chabot, who is in a tight race for reelection in Ohio's 1st Congressional District against Democratic Cincinnati City Councilman Greg Landsman, is taking heat for his vote in July against a House bill that would codify the right to access birth control in the United States.

A new 501(c)(4) issue advocacy group called Americans for Contraception is spending what it says is "mid-six figures" to run television and online ads criticizing Chabot for his vote against the Right to Contraception Act, which would "protect a person's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception," including intrauterine devices and emergency contraceptives such as Plan B. The bill passed the House, with all but eight GOP lawmakers voting against it.

The ads feature men and women pointing out that 90% of Republicans in the House voted against H.R. 8373. Some of the spots are directed against Chabot, and others against Arizona Republican Rep. David Schweikert. The speakers in the ads say, in slightly varying wording in each, "It's birth control. Condoms, the pill, IUDs. They're supposed to protect our freedoms, not take them away."

https://americanindependent.com/ohio-1-congressional-district-steve-chabot-greg-landsman-abortion-contraception-bill-vote/

[maxsolomon]

1. Chabot's Law Office was a block from my childhood home.

All my Cincy relatives live in the 1st, which used to be solidly blue-collar Democrat.

Chabot is a stupid assclown protected by an absurd gerrymandered district. Landsman's got his work cut out for him.

[turbinetree]

2. They should play this ad in his district

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017775255