He simply said the decision regarding abortion needs to be decided at the state level, so natually local political leaders would be involved in that decision. What don’t you understand about that? Despite what you think, society, in this case, local society, does have a say as to whether or not abortion should be legal. There is a legitmate discussion to be had regarding when the fetus becomes a human. The actual abortion debate aside, Oz was simply saying that this is an issue that should be decided at the state level and not the federal level and he is ABSOLUTELY, ENTIRELY correct.