ICYMI: Swing state Democratic parties hold coordinated ‘day of action’ on abortion [The Hill]

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The Hill: Swing state Democratic parties hold coordinated ‘day of action’ on abortion
By Tal Axelrod
May 10, 2022

Key Points

• Democratic Parties located in swing states are holding a coordinated “day of action” on abortion Tuesday, just over a week after a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion forecasted the possible undoing of Roe v. Wade.

• State parties in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are holding press conferences and publishing op-eds attacking the GOP over the chance that constitutional abortion protections will be repealed.

• The effort is being organized by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and is seizing both on the draft Supreme Court opinion and recent comments from federal and state Republican lawmakers. Every state involved in the “day of action” is hosting a competitive Senate race.

• “Republican Senate candidates have made it clear they wholeheartedly support the GOP’s efforts to overturn Roe — imposing cruel, new punishments and restrictions on women and taking away our right to make our health care decisions,” said DSCC spokesperson Nora Keefe.

• “The stakes of protecting and expanding our Democratic Senate Majority in 2022 have never been higher and the work that is being done on the ground in Senate battleground states will ensure the GOP’s toxic agenda is front and center for voters.”

• Already, Democrats in key states have highlighted the issue, with the Wisconsin Democratic Party, for instance, rallying at the state Capitol last week.

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