The Hill: Swing state Democratic parties hold coordinated ‘day of action’ on abortion
Wall-to-wall coverage in the Senate battlegrounds is highlighting how Democrats are joining with voters, doctors, local leaders and women’s health care advocates to speak out against Republican Senate candidates’ agenda criminalizing abortion and taking away a woman’s right to make their own health care decisions.
→ The Hill: Swing state Democratic parties hold coordinated ‘day of action’ on abortion. “State parties in… 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conferences and publishing op-eds attacking the GOP over the chance that constitutional abortion protections will be repealed.”
See for yourself:
In Arizona, Arizona Democrats held a rally to call out GOP Senate candidates’ plans to criminalize abortion and take away a woman’s right to make their own health care decisions.
In Florida, the Florida Democratic Party held a virtual press conference with local leaders calling out Rubio’s attacks on women’s healthcare.
In Georgia, the Georgia Democratic Party held a press conference highlighting how Herschel Walker and the field of GOP Senate candidates would ban abortions even in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother’s life.
In North Carolina, North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Bobbie Richardson penned an op–ed emphasizing how Republicans’ latest effort to overturn Roe v. Wade has escalated the stakes of the 2022 election. The NCDP also held a press conference with Congresswoman Deborah Ross and local faith leaders calling out Republicans on this issue.
In New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Democratic Party and state leaders held a virtual press conference on Tuesday and NH’s congressional delegation held a press conference on Monday to call out Republicans’ plan to ban abortion nationwide.
In Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party hosted a press conference in Scranton featuring Democratic elected officials and community leaders from across Northeastern Pennsylvania calling out Republicans’ anti-choice agenda. The press conference came on the heels of the PA Dems holding a reproductive rights rally.
And in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Democratic Party held a virtual press event with Democratic leaders and Wisconsin doctors to discuss the consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade and the dangerous impact of Senator Ron Johnson’s continued efforts to take away women’s rights to make their own decisions about their healthcare.
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