LEBANON, Ohio ( WCMH ) — Ohio’s Republican candidate for U.S. Senate questioned why a certain group of women would be concerned about abortion during an event in the state.
NBC4 obtained a video recording from a Warren County town hall on Friday, where GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno accused suburban women of being focused solely on their ability to get an abortion.
“You know, the left has a lot of single-issue voters,” Moreno said. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … OK. It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”
Watch: Bernie Moreno’s comments on women and abortion
Katie Paris is the founder of Red, Wine and Blue, a national group of suburban women advertising their mission as ending extremism in public policy. She took issue with Moreno’s comments, citing the sizable chunk of state voters that approved adding the right to an abortion to the Ohio Constitution in the 2023 general election.