Issue Position: Safe and Healthy Communities

Issue Position

I want to make the Great 28 a place that people are proud to make a living and raise a family in. When we enact changes at the state level, we help build strong and welcoming communities that we are proud to live in.
I support criminal justice reform by ensuring our justice system treats people fairly regardless of race and economic background. I encourage ending the school to prison pipeline and the addressing addiction and opioid crisis fueled by our justice system.
Our criminal sentencing needs responsible reform to address the overcrowding of our prisons. Non-violent offenses are increasingly given longer and harsher sentences by statute and I would not support such legislation.
I want to make sure our children grow up in a community free of environmental pollution and mitigated impacts of climate change.
I oppose stand your ground laws that disproportionately affect minority communities and are a threat to public safety.
I support common sense gun reform including background checks for all firearm purchases, red flag laws, and banning assault rifles.
I support efforts to expand healthcare access for Ohioans, especially legislation that strengthens health care standards at lower premiums.
I oppose any efforts to defund Planned Parenthood or access to reproductive healthcare for women. These organizations are necessary to ensure the health of working people.
I do not support the Fetal Heartbeat Bill and other legislative efforts that impose criminal penalties on women and their physicians when making their own health care decisions.
I recognize the need for local municipalities to have adequate funding for police and fire departments in order to fully meet the needs of residents.

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