With Abortion on the Ballot Again, Abortion Forward Endorses Slate to Protect Access
Press Release | September 3, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters will return to the polls for the first General Election vote since enshrining reproductive freedom in the Ohio Constitution, and abortion rights continue to be the driving issue in many key races. With an eye on upcoming court battles and a national debate on federal abortion policy, Abortion Forward is announcing our endorsements and recommendations for federal and state offices.
On our first-ever endorsement for President of the United States, Abortion Forward Executive Director Kellie Copeland said: “We are thrilled to endorse Kamala Harris for President! Kamala Harris has been impressing our team since the day America saw her grill Brett Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Kamala Harris is a serious and determined champion for abortion access and has the exact upstanding strength and moral fiber we need in the White House. She will establish a new national policy protecting everyone’s reproductive freedom. Ohio voters need to elect her to get this job done.”
On the Supreme Court of Ohio: “Reproductive freedom and abortion rights are on the ballot in Ohio in 2024, but this time it’s in the form of judicial candidates. The Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment established a clear framework protecting everyone’s right to access abortion, but it is up to our court system to make sure that this amendment doesn’t just become a meaningless piece of paper. We need justices that will enforce and not ignore it. Ohio Supreme Court candidates Melody Stewart, Michael Donnelly, and Lisa Forbes are the most important names for Ohio voters to know and elect in 2024.”
On Ohio’s US Senate race, Copeland continued: “In 2025, Congress is going to write a bill on abortion. Is it going to be a Republican-written national abortion ban that overturns Ohio’s state constitutional amendment? Or will it be a law drafted to protect abortion access equally in every state? Control of that debate is going to be decided when Ohio re-elects Sen. Sherrod Brown. His record on abortion and reproductive rights is impeccable and we are endorsing him because our country needs the same protections nationally that we have in Ohio.”
Find our full slate of endorsed and recommended candidates at AbortionForward.org/vote2024
Endorsed for President and Vice President of the United States
Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz
Recommended for the Supreme Court of Ohio
Justice Melody Stewart
Justice Michael Donnelly
Judge Lisa Forbes
Endorsed for the US Senate
Senator Sherrod Brown
Endorsed for the US House of Representatives
District 1 Greg Landsman
District 2 Samantha Meadows
District 3 Joyce Beatty
District 8 Dr. Vanessa Enoch
District 10 Amy Cox
District 11 Shontel Brown
District 12 Jerrad Christian
District 13 Emilia Sykes
District 15 Adam Miller
Endorsed for the Ohio Senate
District 6 Willis Blackshear Jr.
District 16 Dr. Beth Liston
District 28 Casey Weinstein
District 30 Ari Faber
Endorsed for the Ohio House of Representatives
District 1 Dontavius Jarrells
District 2 Latyna Humphrey
District 3 Ismail Mohamed
District 4 Beryl Brown Piccolantonio
District 5 Meredith Lawson-Rowe
District 6 Christine Cockley
District 7 Allison Russo
District 8 Dr. Anita Somani
District 11 Crystal Lett
District 13 Tristan Rader
District 16 Bride Rose Sweeney
District 18 Juanita Brent
District 19 Phillip Robinson
District 21 Eric Synenberg
District 22 Darnell Brewer
District 24 Dani Isaacsohn
District 25 Cecil Thomas
District 27 Rachel Baker
District 28 Karen Brownlee
District 31 A.J. Harris
District 32 Jim Colopy
District 35 Mark Curtis
District 36 Rose Lounsbury
District 38 Desiree Tims
District 39 Dion Green
District 41 Erika White
District 43 Michele Grim
District 45 Landon Meador
District 52 Genevieve Flieger
District 55 Laura Davis
District 56 Cleveland Canova
District 59 Laura Schaeffer
District 60 Dr. Rachael Morocco
District 61 David Hogan
District 64 Lauren Mathews
District 69 Jamie Hough
District 83 Sheila Coressel
District 84 Arienne Childrey
District 85 Victoria Maddox
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