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Associated Press
Brian Slodysko
WASHINGTON (AP) — Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading reproductive health care provider and abortion rights advocate, has reached a record 5,000 I am planning to spend $10,000 ahead of schedule. In November's midterm elections, money will be poured into a contest where access to abortion will be voted on.
The effort to break his $45 million spending record in the group's past set in 2020 comes after the Supreme Court overturned his landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. A few months later. Roe v. Wade created the constitutional right to abortion. It is conducted by the organization's political and advocacy departments, and in nine states where abortion rights may be restricted or expanded, depending on the outcome of the votes, it is given to the governor's office, seats in the U.S. Senate, and congressional elections. focus.
Historic proportion of midterm campaigns run on smaller budgets than usual made possible by torrent of funds raised after decision by new conservative majority in High Court became. A tectonic shift in the politics of abortion. Now, for the first time, Republicans who have long campaigned against abortion and Roe v. Wade will now face voters no longer hypothetical, but about issues that affect real life.
Planned Parenthood provides voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to increase turnout among Democratic and independent voters. said the spending helps to remind them of their concerns for
"Who wins these midterm elections could determine whether a state has access to abortion and whether it faces a nationwide abortion ban," says Planned Parenthood Votes. said Jenny Lawson, executive director of "Make it clear who's on which side."
According to a recent poll by the Associated Press and the NORC Public Affairs Center, the vast majority of Americans are legal nationally. think Congress should pass legislation to ensure universal access to abortion.More than half of respondents feel at least somewhat ``sad'' or ``angry'' about the Supreme Court ruling said.
Earlier this month, voters in red state Kansas voted nearly 20 percent against a constitutional amendment that would allow Congress to advance an abortion ban.
Whether it is truly an exciting question will become clear after Election Day, November 8th. Spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Votes in Georgia. "For us, this is truly the most important election cycle of our lives."
Planned Parenthood is available through door knocks, phone calls, digital ads, mailers and radio ads. He said he plans to reach out to 6 million voters. Wisconsin, where Republicans control the state capitol and where Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican Senator Ron Johnson are seeking re-election, have already run several TV ads.
We also launched a website, takecontrol2022.com.
Although a June Supreme Court ruling effectively left the setting of abortion policy to the states, Planned Parenthood noted that Republicans have shown interest in pursuing a nationwide abortion ban. It says it's also investing in race for the U.S. Senate. It will almost certainly be rejected by President Joe Biden.
Democrats and their allies have long tried to bolster their supporters by focusing on abortion, with little success. But the Supreme Court's ruling has made the stakes clearer than ever before. Abortion is already banned or severely restricted in about a dozen Republican-led states. More are expected to follow.
``When people go to the polls this November, nearly half of the voters will live in a state that already bans abortion or is rapidly moving to do so. These are entirely new situations," Lawson said. “There are certainly many issues that people care about, but the availability of abortion is one of the issues that will define this November.”
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