2018 OH Governor's race: on Families & Children


Mike DeWine: Religious employers may exclude contraception from insurance

Q: Contraception: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage from employees if they disagree with it morally?

Richard Cordray (D): No. Require employers to provide coverage of contraception in health insurance plans. Considers it key element of women's health care.

Mike DeWine (R): Yes. Considers this an issue of religious freedom for employers.

Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide on 2018 Ohio Governor race Oct 9, 2018

Richard Cordray: Require contraception as part of all employer health plans

Q: Contraception: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage from employees if they disagree with it morally?

Richard Cordray (D): No. Require employers to provide coverage of contraception in health insurance plans. Considers it key element of women's health care.

Mike DeWine (R): Yes. Considers this an issue of religious freedom for employers.

Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide on 2018 Ohio Governor race Oct 9, 2018

Richard Cordray: Focus on kitchen table issues & improving family life

Former consumer watchdog Richard Cordray says he will focus his campaign for governor on improving the lives of Ohio's families. At a hometown diner crowded with press and supporters, the 58-year-old Cordray said Tuesday that he will focus on "kitchen table issues" like the costs of health care and college.
Source: WLWT 5 Cincinnati on 2018 Ohio gubernatorial race Dec 5, 2017

Jon Husted: American family is broken without two loving parents

On schools: "I got two parents who loved me, taught me good values and prepared me for life. If that hadn't happened, I wouldn't be here today. I wouldn't have much of an opportunity," Husted said of his adoptive parents. "There's no better instrument of education than two loving parents who give a great upbringing to a child and get them launched into life with some hope," he said. "Problem is, we have so many who won't, or can't. The American family today is probably as broken as it has ever been."
Source: Toledo Blade on 2018 Ohio gubernatorial race May 23, 2017

John Kasich: Re-prioritize family planning funds away from abortion

Under Gov. John Kasich (R), countless people in Ohio have lost access to all forms of reproductive health care. But Kasich signed a bill cutting $1.3 million in funding to Planned Parenthood. The cuts [did not target abortion programs, but general health programs], and also targeted Planned Parenthood's infant mortality program--an issue Kasich falsely claimed to have addressed.

Kasich has used his tenure as governor to relentlessly attack women's health on multiple fronts. Kasich's aides drafted restrictive anti-abortion language in Ohio's 2013 budget, requiring licensing regulations for clinics. This led to the closure of half of the state's outpatient abortion clinics. The bill also contained provisions mandating ultrasounds for abortions, blocking funding for rape crisis centers that provide information about abortion, and "re-prioritizing" family planning funds away from Planned Parenthood to crisis pregnancy centers, which routinely lie to patients.

Source: Rewire.com FactCheck on 2018 Ohio Gubernatorial race Mar 30, 2016

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Candidates and political leaders on Families & Children:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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