As reproductive rights gain more attention in 2024, Planned Parenthood’s political arm is launching a $10 million voter engagement campaign to elect pro-abortion candidates in North Carolina this year.
Organizers will knock on more than 1 million doors this cycle as part of $10 million in support from Planned Parenthood Vote. South Atlantic, Family Planning Voting and Family Planning Action PAC NC.
new york times first reported The new campaign is the group’s “largest-ever investment in a single state,” and the money will also go toward digital advertising and a new field office.
Strict abortion bans have emerged in states such as Arizona and Florida, and organizers are pushing for abortion-related measures on state ballots this fall.The Democratic Party is hoping that the abortion issue will energize voters, and that it will electrify blue candidates for the top and bottom. I hope that it will give momentum to others. Ballot paper.
The Biden-Harris campaign has also focused on abortion in an effort to oust former President Trump from office, blaming Republicans for the collapse of Roe v. Wade and subsequent state-level regulations.
Abortion is legal in North Carolina up to 12 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy. According to the Planned Parenthood Actand the problem The bill is not on an immediate vote in the Tar Heel State this November, but Democrats are sounding the alarm about future access threats under anti-abortion Republicans.
Meanwhile, Biden’s re-election bidders are vying to flip the state, which Trump won in 2016 and 2020.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) said last week that he thought the incumbent could win the state, but a North Carolina Mason-Dixon poll released last week showed Trump beating his Democratic rival by 6 points. It turned out to be better than that. The campaign acknowledged that reaching the voters it needs by November will require “unrelenting efforts.”
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