Ramaswamy in “fundamental agreement” with Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio, who backs ‘restricting abortion in all cases, but also opposes all forms of contraception’
Columbus, Ohio- New reporting from NBC News revealed Vivek Ramaswamy is closely allying with Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio, a group that opposes all forms of contraception and requires candidates to be in “fundamental agreement” with their policy platform.
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- As Ohio’s Republican nominee for governor, Vivek Ramaswamy has aligned himself with the Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio, a group that not only favors restricting abortion in all cases, but also opposes all forms of contraception.
- The GOP gubernatorial nominee accepted the group’s endorsement earlier this year, which RTLACO says is conditioned on a candidate being “in fundamental agreement” with the group’s policy document.
- The policy document says RTLACO “opposes abortion at any point of gestation,” “opposes abortion for pregnancy resulting from rape or incest” and “cannot support any form of contraception.”
- Linda Theis, RTLACO’s legislative team chair, told NBC News that the group’s leaders “met with Vivek early in the spring last year, a couple of different times.”
- “He assured us that he was totally with us. We met with him a second time, and he made sure that he said to us — he verbalized that he was all about protecting life without compromise, which is our main standard, so that was our big thing,” she added.
- Ramaswamy’s campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment about whether he agrees with RTLACO’s position on contraception, but his campaign website does tout RTLACO’s endorsement, among others.
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