In addition to the 26 Ohio legislators who issued a joint statement against Issue 1 on Tuesday, legislative leaders announced today they will be introducing bills to address Issue 1 in the Ohio House. Tuesday’s joint legislative statement said in part, “This initiative failed to mention a single, specific law. We will do everything in our power to prevent our laws from being removed based upon perception of intent.”

“Foreign billionaires don’t get to make Ohio laws,” said Jennifer Gross (R-West Chester), pointing to millions from billionaires outside America that helped fund Issue 1. Gross added, “This is foreign election interference and it will not stand.”

“If foreign money can be used to buy elections, what’s to stop the Chinese from funding a forced-abortion amendment next?” asked Faith2Action President Janet Folger Porter. “This ends here.”

“Issue 1 doesn’t repeal a single Ohio law, in fact, it doesn’t even mention one,” said Representative Bill Dean (R-Xenia). “This initiative is too vague and ambiguous to change anything.”

“Just as we wouldn’t reinstate slavery by a popular vote, the inalienable right to life cannot be infringed, no matter how much foreign money was spent on false and misleading ads,” said former State Representative Candice Keller, a joint sponsor of Ohio’s Heartbeat Law. 

“Once you’ve seen Goliath fall,
no one can tell you it can’t be done.”

-Janet Porter, Heartbeat Bill Architect