Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2023

November 7, 2023

Tonight Americans once again voted to protect their fundamental freedoms, and democracy won. In Ohio, voters protected access to reproductive health in their State constitution. Ohioans and voters across the country rejected attempts by MAGA Republican elected officials to impose extreme abortion bans that put the health and lives of women in jeopardy, force women to travel hundreds of miles for care, and threaten to criminalize doctors and nurses for providing the health care that their patients need and that they are trained to provide. This extreme and dangerous agenda is out of step with the vast majority of Americans. My administration will continue to protect access to reproductive health care and call on Congress to restore the protections of *Roe *v. *Wade *in Federal law once and for all.

Categories: Statements by the President : Ohio ballot initiative to protect access to reproductive health care.

Subjects: Abortion; Ohio, ballot initiative to protect access to reproductive health care; Reproductive health care.

DCPD Number: DCPD202300985.

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