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Genevieve Hoffman| Guest columnist

Genevieve Hoffman is a civil defense attorney in Upper Arlington. She is a moderate voter who has previously volunteered with Republican campaigns in Ohio but has been called to pro-choice activism in the wake of Dobbs.

Ohio Republican political strategist Mark Weaver was recently quoted as claiming the issue of abortion will take a backseat and be a distant memory in November and wont motivate many new people to vote Democrat, claiming, It has agitated people that were already blue votes.

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Im here to tell Mark Weaver he is wrong.I spent years of my life committed to the ruse of socially liberal, fiscally conservative.

I have been a red voter and Im agitated as hell.

Roe was settled law for 50 years until the activist justices violated the First Amendment when they favored their personal religious beliefs over the rights of a nation.

People may wonder why I am so angry when banning or restricting abortion has a little chance of directly affecting me as someone who is permanently done childbearing. This view wholly ignores both the full impact of Dobbs and the understanding that I unintentionally facilitated the fall of Roe by voting for pro-life candidates based on their positions on other issues.

Let me be perfectly clear: The agenda behind Dobbs is not about protecting life its about keeping women docile and controlled, and the means to this end is through forced birth.

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J.D. Vance, who wants to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate, claimed Daylight Savings Time affected female fertility. His concern, he stated, arises from the fact that hes "a nationalist who worries about America's low fertility. (The tweet was since deleted, but captured in screenshots.)

Then, after the fall of Roe, he claimed women have been had if they find it liberating to have a career. A prospective U.S. senator is blatantly trying to restore the barefoot and pregnant status quo.

Because Roe was settled law, I felt comfortable voting for pro-life candidates who shared my fiscally conservative views, and I am certain Im not alone.Now, the only way forward is to revoke all support from any candidate that does not support a womans right to full bodily integrity.It also involves making sure the men in our lives do the same.

Mark Weaver will never be denied life-saving medical care because of a state law premised on his gender.Abortion can be a distant memory for him.He gets to prioritize gas prices and inflation.

Each time that a man who claims to be pro-choice votes for a candidate who disagrees because they share other views the man agrees with, that man is telling the women in his life those things matter more than the right for those women to have complete autonomy over their bodies.

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Women are angry blue and red women and we will vote in a way that protects our right to control our own bodies.Will the men?Is my right to be a whole person enough to change their vote?

When Election Day comes, will a man who claims to support a womans right to bodily autonomy vote in a way that protects his wife? His sister? His daughter?Will he do so at the expense of his wallet?When money is at stake, will he care more about that than his own childs right to bodily autonomy? To life-saving medical care?

This is the linchpin.Without the support of people who are only indirectly benefited by the right to an abortion, we fail.Dont let Mark Weaver be right.

Get agitated.

Genevieve Hoffman is a civil defense attorney in Upper Arlington. She is a moderate voter who has previously volunteered with Republican campaigns in Ohio but has been called to pro-choice activism in the wake of Dobbs.

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