Milton Quintanilla – August 18, 2022
Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, plans to donate $50 million towards the 2022 midterm elections in an effort to elect pro-choice candidates this November.
The abortion giant first announced its massive spending plan and the launch of its new electoral spending program, “Take Control,” in a press release on Wednesday.
The group explained that the funds “will be strategically used to elect abortion rights champions across the country who are critical to protecting abortion access in a post-Roe world.” According to Fox News, Planned Parenthood’s initiative will first focus on buying ad space in Georgia, Nevada, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Arizona, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Michigan and Wisconsin.
The organization hopes to contact roughly 6 million people through various means, including digital advertising, television ads, phone banking, and more, in designated pro-life states.
“This is an election about power and control,” Jenny Lawson, executive director of Planned Parenthood Votes, wrote in the press release.
“The Supreme Court and anti-abortion rights politicians have stripped people of their constitutional right to abortion and the ability to make personal health care decisions. Should these out-of-touch politicians gain or stay in power, they will continue doing everything they can to ban all abortion, throw health care providers and pregnant people in jail, and endanger the health and lives of pregnant people across the country. This is not what the American people want,” Lawson said.
“This November, voters are going to take control by electing reproductive health care champions, up and down the ballot, who trust us to make our own decisions about our bodies, our lives, and our futures.”
Planned Parenthood’s campaign follows the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, which sent the abortion issue back to the states.
The pro-life advocacy organization, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said that Planned Parenthood’s campaign reveals their desperation to preserve abortion access across the country.