Why Abortion Has Become a Centerpiece of Democratic TV Ads in 2022

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Why Abortion Has Become a Centerpiece of Democratic TV Ads in 2022
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats have spent nearly eight times as much on abortion-related ads as Republicans have.


In Michigan, Democrats took aim at the Republican nominee for governor almost immediately after the primary with a television ad highlighting her opposition to abortion, without exceptions for rape or incest.



In Georgia, Democrats recently attacked the Republican governor in another television ad, with women speaking fearfully about the specter of being investigated and “criminalized.”

And in Arizona, the Republican nominees for both Senate and governor were confronted almost instantly after their primaries with different ads calling them “dangerous” for their anti-abortion positions.

All across America, Democrats are using abortion as a powerful cudgel in their 2022 television campaigns, paying for an onslaught of ads in House, Senate and governor’s races that show how swiftly abortion politics have shifted since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June.


With national protections for abortion rights suddenly gone and bans going into effect in many states, senior White House officials and top Democratic strategists believe the issue has radically reshaped the 2022 landscape in their favor. They say it has not only reawakened the party’s progressive base, but also provided a wedge issue that could wrest away independent voters and even some Republican women who believe abortion opponents have overreached.


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/us/politics/abortion-midterms-2022-ads-democrats.html

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1. Comment following article

Shannon
OH
Aug. 15
Women were dealt a reeling blow - taking away their power over their own bodies. Women are mad, and not just a little. We are white-hot mad.

If the GOP had just had a basic, fundamental right (that they had fought for many decades to obtain) taken away by 5 extreme, fringe, religious zealots - who are not popularly elected - we would be in a civil war right now. And the clueless right wing politicians currently in office have a new think coming if they believe women, and the men who support their rights, are going to sit back and be trampled on.

Don't think that because women are not grabbing their guns and running into the streets that abortion is not that big of an issue. We will show up in November and we will fight this battle at the ballot box. And we will win.

As a woman, the right to choose is THE issue that matters. I will not go back to a time where women were second class citizens. Controlled by politicians making laws designed to keep women (and everyone else not like them) down.

If this had been men losing a right to make decisions about their own bodies, we would be actively fighting a civil war right now.

[Freddie]

2. The dog finally caught the car

And people are realizing what banning abortion REALLY means. Like in Kansas. People, not the ridiculously gerrymandered state legislatures.
Here in Pennsylvania, execrable R candidate for Gov, Doug Mastriano, is on film saying “my body, my choice is ridiculous nonsense.” And this quote is on TV all day - in a Shapiro ad.

[Skittles]

3. they should paint it as big government

the absolute WORST of big government

too many repukes don't care about women, but they hate "big gubmint"

that's what worked in Kansas

[multigraincracker]

4. Great way to put it.

How many babies did they adopt? Hope they were all special needs babies too.

[Skittles]

5. they don't care about women OR kids

it's all about control, and they hate gubmint control the most

[multigraincracker]

6. They don't understand hypocrisy, so

I spell it out for them.

[Ilsa]

7. investigated and arrested for even

a miscarriage, according to the Georgia ad I've seen.

[gibraltar72]

8. I will be on phones in Mi tonight.

Called 3 times pre primaries. For voters that was #1 concern. I would be willing to bet it will now be 1 2 and 3. I intend to be on phones couple times a week up until election. I will report on this from time to time.

[Demovictory9]

9. Thanks for update 😳