Statehouse Republicans are trying to turn lies into laws, folks. Let me tell you why they're getting away with it and how you can help us stop them.

All year, the Ohio GOP has been attacking reproductive freedom, and right now, they're hard at work on a bill that would criminalize abortion.

If this bill passes, the penalty for having or performing an abortion in Ohio could be life imprisonment or even death -- and doctors would be required to try to reimplant ectopic pregancies in the uterus (which is, um, not medically possible).

Now abortion is still legal in Ohio -- but Republican legislators aren't showing any sign of slowing down. Just this week, they moved forward with legislation to give tax credits (ahem, your tax dollars) for donations to fake health clinics that lie to women.

How are these kinds of extremist bills possible? Well, Ohio has been gerrymandered and carved into pieces to give the GOP an unfair electoral advantage. But in 2020, we have a chance to change everything.

There are two seats open on the Ohio Supreme Court, and if we can elect two justices who will stand up for fair districts, we can end the scourge of gerrymandering -- once and for all.

We're working hard to build a powerful program for 2020, and we need you to be a part of it. Make *any* recurring donation (or chip in $15 right now) and we'll send you a personalized membership card to thank you for investing in your state party.

This is a rigged system we're talking about, folks -- half of the Ohio population voted for Democrats in the 2018 election, but Republicans have drawn districts so they still hold a supermajority in the Statehouse.

Now if they want to win primaries and please dark money interest groups, GOP lawmakers have to go further and further to the right -- and because most Ohio Republicans are protected by gerrymandering, their Democratic challengers face an uphill battle in trying to hold them accountable.

But 2020 presents a chance to ultimately end gerrymandering by putting two more Supreme Court justices on the bench and electing state legislators who will stand up for fair districts.

Your investment in the Ohio Democratic Party is critical to winning at every level in 2020. Renew your membership to the party with *any* recurring donation (or a $15 gift) and you'll get a membership card as our thank you.

Thanks,

David

David Pepper
Chair
Ohio Democratic Party