Planned Parenthood announced a six-figure ad buy targeting Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh on the same day that his confirmation hearings start in the Senate.
The TV and radio ads are expected to air in Alaska and Washington, D.C., the women’s health and abortion provider said on Tuesday. Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights groups have charged that Kavanaugh’s appointment could roll back Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion a constitutional right.
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“Americans understand that the right to access safe, legal abortion is already at risk in this country and giving Kavanaugh a seat on the Supreme Court would tilt the balance of the court against our constitutional rights and liberties,” said Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the group’s advocacy arm.
The ads in Alaska are expected to target Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, a centrist senator who has supported abortion rights and Planned Parenthood.
Kavanaugh opponents need both Murkowski and centrist GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine to oppose him in order to sink the nomination.
