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See PAF’s founder Joe Jacobson talking about our newest viral ad “Republicans and your Daughter” on NewsNation last night with Leland Vittert

A liberal group is out with a new abortion rights ad that underlines just how far advocates will go to pummel anti-abortion opponents after a string of victories across the nation. Progress Action Fund, a Democratic super PAC, released a new ad on Tuesday that covers a fictional father’s anger over his 12-year-old daughter’s inability to receive an …

PAF in Insider: The group behind a viral abortion rights ad is back with a new spot in Ohio and Pennsylvania focused on the hypothetical rape of a 12-year-old girl Read More »

In a new ad spot produced by the Progress Action Fund, a 12-year-old girl impregnated by a rapist is denied an abortion thanks to a GOP forced-birth law. It’s titled, “Republicans Watching Your Daughter.” According to Guttmacher.org, 24 U.S. states have banned abortion or are likely to do so, “a staggering number that means millions of people …

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Progress Action Fund, a Democratic group known for its provocative videos, will target Ohio and Pennsylvania with a 30-second ad depicting a Republican member of Congress inside a hospital room denying an abortion for a 12-year-old rape victim. The spot is titled “Republicans Watching Your Daughter” and is part of a planned six-figure advertising push targeting Ohio …

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Republicans in the Ohio legislature are accustomed to acting with impunity. Thanks to a carefully crafted, veto-proof majority in both chambers that might make Elbridge Gerry blush, they worry little about the popular will in a state that is more evenly divided than the legislature’s agenda would suggest. “We can kind of do what we want,” Matt Huffman, the State Senate …

PAF in The New Yorker: How Ohio Voters Defeated an Effort to Thwart Abortion Rights Read More »

PAF’s founder Joe Jacobson joined Leland Vittert on NewsNation to talk about Ohio’s Issue 1, abortion rights and PAF’s latest viral ad.

Supporters of expanding access to abortion in Ohio won a major victory Tuesday night, defeating a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to amend the state’s constitution. The Associated Press called the special election with an estimated 37% of the votes in, declaring that voters in the Buckeye State rejected Ohio Issue …

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PAF’s latest viral ad was shown last night on NewsNation’s primetime news show On Balance

PAF was onn MSNBC’s Deadline: White House Following Pro-Choice Victory In Ohio with our latest viral ad.

As they push to make it a lot harder for voters to amend the Ohio Constitution, Frank LaRose and Mike Gonidakis say that no “reasonable person” is considering a ban on contraceptives. That’s false — unless they believe U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a Republican member of the Ohio legislature aren’t reasonable people. …

PAF in Ohio Capital Journal: LaRose says “no reasonable person” is talking about banning contraceptives. But his allies are Read More »