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Last week Jennifer Garrison, a
democrat from Marietta,
officially entered the race for Ohio’s
Secretary of State. Jennifer Garrison currently serves in the Ohio
House of Representatives and has a 0% rating from NARAL
Pro-Choice Ohio.
Rep. Garrison showed just how extreme
her anti-choice position is when she filled out the 2008
candidate questionnaire for Ohio Right to Life, saying she
would:
- support legislation in Ohio to outlaw
abortion (with only an exception to save a woman’s
life),
- support legislation that would allow
pharmacists to refuse to dispense emergency contraception,
and
- support state
funding for so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” that lie to
women about the risks of abortion and never refer patients
for abortion or birth control
services.1
Representative
Garrison does not share our values. Volunteer with NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio today,
and help us to stop her from moving to a statewide leadership
position!
In
the last two elections, pro-choice candidates have won across
this state, including U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, U.S. Rep.
Mary Jo Kilroy, and six new pro-choice state
representatives. We can’t start losing ground now. The
person who wins the secretary of state race in 2010 will sit
on the reapportionment board and will help re-draw our
legislative districts. We need a strong pro-choice voice in
this position, and Jennifer Garrison does not fit.
As we enter the 2010 election cycle we cannot
become complacent! Volunteer with NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio now,
and help to ensure that our candidates believe that women, not
the government, should be allowed to make their own private
medical decisions.
Together we can
keep our pro-choice winning streak alive!
Yours in
Choice,
Kellie Copeland
Executive
Director
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