Abortion rights group targets Susan Collins in first Supreme Court ad buy
BY JESSIE HELLMANN - 07/03/18 01:01 PM EDT
An abortion rights group leading the fight on the left against President Trump's next Supreme Court nominee announced its first ad buy Tuesday targeting Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is expected to be a key vote in the confirmation battle.
NARAL Pro-Choice America announced full page print ads and "homepage takeovers" of four Maine newspapers and websites: the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, Bangor Daily News and Lewiston Sun Journal. The ads begin Wednesday.
The campaign will also include digital ads on Twitter and Google Search.
The print and online ads state: "Trump has been loud and clear in saying he'd pick Supreme Court Justices to end Roe v. Wade. We believe him. Don't you, Senator Collins?"
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced last week he would retire, opening up a spot on the bench for the "pro-life" justice Trump promised conservatives he would nominate.
Kennedy has been a swing vote on the bench ruling in favor of abortion rights for 30 years.
But anti-abortion groups hope the Supreme Court will revisit Roe v Wade within the next few years, likely through one of the abortion cases working its way through the federal courts now.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/395376-abortion-rights-group-targets-susan-collins-in-first-supreme-court-ad-buy
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