In response to Texas’ six-week abortion ban, health care providers, voters and Democrats in key Senate battlegrounds are calling out Republicans’ toxic agenda on reproductive health care and the GOP’s ongoing efforts to try and strip away health care coverage from women and families––ensuring that this issue will be front and center in the 2022 Senate elections.
Take a look at how Republicans are being held accountable for their toxic records on women’s health care:
GA – WSAV:
Outside of the courtroom, the chair of Georgia’s Democratic Party says the state’s battle over abortion will play out at the ballot box.
Every single Republican U.S. Senate candidate supports this law which makes no exceptions for rape or incest and puts bounties on the heads of doctors.
NV – This Is Reno: Pro-choice organizations voice opposition to Adam Laxalt
FL – The Florida Democratic Party released a new digital ad calling Florida Republicans out for their support of Texas’ six-week abortion ban:
NC – Planned Parenthood Votes! South Atlantic and NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina leaders underscored the stakes of the 2022 midterms and the importance of defeating anti-choice candidates in the U.S. Senate race:
See also: AJC: OPINION: Texas decision puts abortion at center of Georgia 2022 races, too; News & Observer: Texas law, Supreme Court cases push abortion into spotlight for 2022 NC elections; USA Today: Texas abortion law could hurt Republicans in 2022 midterm elections, experts say; The Hill: Democrats, Planned Parenthood say reproductive health care is on 2022 ballot; Bloomberg: GOP-Led Abortion Bans Risk Driving Away Voters the Party Needs; The Atlantic: What the Texas Abortion Law Means for the Midterms; The Hill (Opinion): Press: Texas hands Democrats a great big gift; Axios: Democrats’ next moves after a stunning SCOTUS loss on abortion; Newsweek: Republicans Are Not Celebrating the Texas Abortion Law. Here’s Why; CNN: Opinion: The GOP’s Texas-sized mistake on abortion; Washington Post: Analysis | Abortion, voting rights, guns and covid: Texas Republicans go all in; Roll Call: Democrats say Texas abortion ban spotlights Senate battle in 2022; MSNBC: Texas abortion ban reverberates from White House to state houses; NBC News: Texas law could flip script on abortion politics, with Democrats eyeing gains; New York Times: Abortion Arrives at the Center of the American Political Maelstrom; Washington Post: Texas abortion law reshapes political landscape; Reuters: Analysis: Texas abortion ban injects new urgency into U.S. election campaigns; Los Angeles Times: How the Supreme Court Texas abortion ruling may impact midterms; The Hill: Democrats point to Texas abortion ban in bid to juice midterm turnout; Washington Post: Analysis | The Trailer: Why Democrats want to talk about Texas’s abortion law (and Republicans don’t).
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