计划生育协会计划再投入100万美元用于广告投放，以支持缅因州和密歇根州的民主党参议院候选人。这笔资金由与计划生育协会有关联的超级政治行动委员会“计划生育投票”提供，将用于针对缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯以及密歇根州前众议员迈克·罗杰斯的数字化广告宣传活动。柯林斯正试图第六次竞选连任，对手是缅因州前参议院议长、民主党人特洛伊·杰克逊；而罗杰斯则要与密歇根州韦恩县前卫生官员、民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德争夺即将卸任的民主党参议员加里·彼得斯的席位。
Planned Parenthood is investing an additional $1 million in ad buys to boost Democratic Senate candidates in Maine and Michigan. The latest investment in the states by Planned Parenthood Votes — a super PAC affiliated with Planned Parenthood — will fund digital ad campaigns targeting Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.). Collins is seeking a sixth term in the upper chamber against former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D), while Rogers is taking on former Wayne County health official Abdul El-Sayed (D) in the race to succeed outgoing Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.).
此次100万美元的投入进一步增加了该委员会在这两个州的竞选开支——此前该委员会已在缅因州和密歇根州分别投入了60万美元与80万美元用于广告宣传。今年夏季，“计划生育投票”推出了耗资4700万美元的“由我们决定”广告计划，旨在罢免那些被该委员会指称曾投票支持削减计划生育协会经费的议员。计划生育协会致力于提供包括堕胎服务在内的生殖健康服务。
Planned Parenthood Votes’ $1 million investment beefs up its spending in the two Senate races, as the super PAC has already spent $600,000 and $800,000 on ads in Maine and Michigan, respectively. Planned Parenthood Votes unveiled its $47 million “We Decide” ad campaign over the summer, intended to unseat lawmakers whom the super PAC claim voted to defund Planned Parenthood — which provides reproductive healthcare, including abortion procedures.
不过去年，柯林斯与阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基均站在民主党人一边，共同否决了《一项宏伟法案》中禁止计划生育协会医疗中心为低收入女性提供服务并获取医疗补助的相关条款。在缅因州与柯林斯对决的民主党人杰克逊，早年在立场上也曾反对堕胎，后来在担任州参议员期间才转变态度。“早年我对堕胎问题的理解存在偏差，”杰克逊7月份在接受《纽约时报》采访时说道，“无论这次参议院竞选结果如何，我都为自己后来的转变以及做了正确的事而感到无比自豪。说实话，我以前错了。”
Collins and GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), though, sided with Democrats last year in striking a provision from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that proposed barring Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving Medicaid funding for services provided to low-income women. Jackson, the Democrat opposing Collins in Maine, was also previously opposed to abortion before pivoting during his time in the state Senate. “I’ve made mistakes early on in understanding” abortion, Jackson told The New York Times in July. “Regardless of this U.S. Senate race, I’m really, really proud of how I’ve turned that around and … done the right thing. I mean, I was wrong.”
杰克逊还批评柯林斯曾在2018年投票支持确认布雷特·卡瓦诺为最高法院大法官。卡瓦诺正是2022年最高法院在“多布斯诉杰克逊妇女健康组织案”中所作裁决的多数派成员，该裁决推翻了“罗诉韦德案”的判决。
Jackson has also criticized Collins for voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. Kavanaugh was part of the majority in the high court’s 2022 ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe vs. Wade and struck down the federal right to an abortion.
韦德案判决，从而剥夺了联邦层面的堕胎权。计划生育投票组织执行主任莎拉·斯坦迪福德在周二发布的一份声明中称，柯林斯和罗杰斯“不值得信赖，无法保护我们的权利与医疗权益”。斯坦迪福德还表示：“我们的职责就是确保每位选民在投票前都能了解这一点。我们的宣传信息在网络上和实地宣传中都引起了强烈反响，成功打动了众多选民。因此，我们决定在这两场选举中投入更多资源，因为我们确信计划生育投票组织能够发挥重要作用。”
Sarah Standiford, the executive director of Planned Parenthood Votes, said in a Tuesday release that Collins and Rogers “can’t be trusted to protect our rights or our healthcare.”Sandiford added, “It’s our job to make sure every voter knows that before they cast their ballot. Our message is resonating online and at the doors, and moving voters, so we’re putting more resources behind it in two races where we know Planned Parenthood Votes can make a big difference.”