MeidasTouch News: ‘Jon Husted’s Extremist Record on Abortion Rights is Out of Touch With Ohio’

MeidasTouch News: 'Jon Husted's Extremist Record on Abortion Rights is Out of Touch With Ohio'

November 7, 2025

'Husted has supported total abortion bans with zero exceptions for over 20 years'

Columbus, Ohio - New reporting highlights how out of touch Jon Husted is with Ohioans on reproductive rights.

Husted has spread dangerous misinformation, recently calling the FDA-approved abortion pill mifepristone "not safe" and pushing to ban its use. He has also backed abortion bans without exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.

See for yourself:

MeidasTouch News: Jon Husted's Extremist Record on Abortion Rights is Out of Touch With Ohio

• Two weeks ago, Husted called on the FDA to ban the abortion pill mifepristone when asked about its use, falsely claiming, "A lot of the abortion drugs that are out there are not safe for women, misleading information out there, and we need to make sure that [women] have all the facts."
  
• Mifepristone has been approved for use by the FDA for over 20 years. Every major study done on mifepristone has found it to be completely safe for women in the early stages of pregnancy.
  
• Husted's stance on mifepristone is consistent with his decades long hostility towards abortion access.
  
• In 2019, Husted backed a bill in Ohio to ban all abortions with no exception for rape or incest once a "fetal heartbeat" is detected, usually around five to six weeks. Most women do not know they are pregnant until between eight and 15 weeks.
  
• "This isn't something new," Husted said. "[…] this has been my longtime position."

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