The only U.S. Senate debate for an open seat in Pennsylvania was held tonight in, you know, Pennsylvania, between Democratic Party nominee John Fetterman and Republican nominee Mehmet Oz. And during a segment talking about abortion, Oz added a third party to “woman and her doctor” who used pro-choice activists, suggesting that she was actually trying to ban it. is in favor.
You can see the comment above, but we’ll keep it in context and quote it below.
Of course, it is well known that the Republican Party’s platform openly calls for abortion to be banned nationwide, and Republicans in the Senate have already begun drafting bills to do so, should he control Congress the next time a Republican becomes president. abortion is banned of course extremely unpopular With voters, so many Republicans going out of your way Looks like they don’t support it.
Take Oz, for example, who has changed his opinion on abortion several times. in the last few years, This year it has said that it wants Roe v. Wade reversed, but also claims to support very limited access to abortion in the case of rape or incest. he also has It declined to say whether he would support a national ban.
That vibe continued during the debate tonight when the topic of abortion came up. Oz didn’t actually say whether he would vote for a national abortion ban, only that he doesn’t think the federal government should govern “how states make their abortion decisions.”
Then he said this: “I don’t want the federal government to get involved. I want the women, the doctors, the local political leaders, to let the democracy lead the way, which has always allowed our country to put forward the best ideas so that the state be able to decide for themselves.”
In other words, Oz is arguing that while he opposes the federal government interfering in a woman’s medical decisions, he favors a local government interfering in a woman’s medical decisions. He made this clear in a follow-up question, where he said only that he thinks local, national governments should not ban abortion. Of course, Oz is a doctor who openly made fun of People with disabilities,
fatterman, for his partsaid, “I believe that abortion rights [are] A universal right for all women in America. I believe abortion is health care, and I believe it is an option that every woman and her doctor have.”