Two Democratic teams are launching a $2.5 million advert marketing campaign that goals to place Republicans on the spot over reproductive entry because the 2024 election comes right down to the wire.
Progress Motion Fund and Defend the Vote are coordinating the multi-million-dollar advert marketing campaign, which is able to showcase two advertisements depicting situations the place a Republican lawmaker stops {couples} from getting access to abortion or the Plan B capsule, in keeping with plans first shared with The Hill.
In a single advert, a pair is proven having intercourse when the condom immediately breaks. The person goes to the toilet to get the Plan B capsule, when the GOP lawmaker surprises him and tells him that he can’t use Plan B as a result of they’ve banned it.
“You can’t do this. I can’t have a kid right now,” the person responds.
“I won the last election, so it’s my decision,” the lawmaker replies. “Now let’s get back in there, so we can give her the news, daddy.”
Within the second advert, a girl is proven on the bottom in ache whereas her accomplice is on the telephone with a health care provider, who tells him that she wants an abortion or might die from the being pregnant. The advert subsequent reveals a Republican lawmaker taking the telephone out of the accomplice’s hand, informing him that Congress has banned abortion now that Republicans have the bulk.
“You can’t do this! She’s dying!” the person replies to the congressman within the advert.
“I won the last election, so it’s my decision,” the lawmaker says. “But don’t worry, you can still have children. Just not with her.”
The advertisements are set to air in all seven battleground states by means of streaming companies, on-line and on linked TVs.
“Despite numerous losses due to their extreme positions on reproductive rights, Republicans refuse to learn because they are beholden to their far-right base that wants a total ban on abortion,” stated Progress Motion Fund founder and govt director Joe Jacobson.
“Voters have made it crystal clear that they don’t need deranged Republican politicians invading their private lives, which is why Trump and his allies will lose but once more this November,” Jacobson added.
Democrats wish to use abortion as each a motivating turnout situation for its base and a wedge situation amongst Republicans and independents. A number of battleground states like Arizona and Nevada are additionally set to have measures come earlier than voters this fall trying to enshrine abortion protections into their respective state Constitutions.
Former President Trump has stated that the difficulty has been returned to the states, the place it belongs, and has additionally stated he would veto a nationwide abortion measure if elected president in an effort to blunt the difficulty. Republicans are additionally unlikely to have the 60 votes wanted within the Senate to move federal restrictions on abortion, notably since there’s at present solely 49 GOP senators.
The overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, nonetheless, has created a patchwork of various legal guidelines round abortion, with some states additional curbing entry to the process whereas others have expanded or added protections in place.
“This is what happens when MAGA-loving Republicans upend our democracy in service of their extreme agenda: They insert themselves into the most intimate decisions women and families will ever make,” stated Brian Lemek, govt director of Defend The Vote. “It’s inappropriate, it’s offensive, and it’s none of their business — we have to stop them.”
On the similar time, Vice President Harris has voiced help for altering the filibuster to guard abortion rights — one thing that confronted opposition within the Senate from Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), although each are set to retire this yr. It will additionally doubtless face a troublesome uphill climb within the higher chamber.
