Jenny Lawson is the executive director of the new website, Planned Parenthood Votes. When it comes to talking about November’s midterm elections, she is unequivocal.
Lawson tells Associated Press (AP), “Who wins in these midterm elections will determine whether a state has access to abortion and potentially determine whether we will face a national abortion ban. … We will be clear about who is on which side.” And that’s why Planned Parenthood has committed to a $50 million spend on the driving turnout in Republican-led states.
Planned Parenthood is breaking records, AP reports, topping the $45 million the organization spent on election-year efforts in 2020. This November, the group is focusing on gubernatorial races, Senate seats, and congressional races in the nine states where abortion care is most severely limited: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
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