Abortion rights activists set their sights on Arizona after Ohio win
A memo to donors urges a huge investment in the Southwestern state.
By Zach Montellaro
08/09/2023 12:33 PM EDT
A top progressive group wants to build on the huge success Democrats are having with abortion-related ballot initiatives — this time in Arizona.
Fresh off their 14-point victory in Ohio on Tuesday, progressive groups are eyeing the Southwest battleground state as the next place to ensure abortion rights after the fall of Roe v. Wade. Arizona currently bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
“National Democratic donors and stakeholders should look to Arizona as the next state with a serious, layered return on investment for putting abortion on the ballot,” says a memo from the progressive organizing group Indivisible, shared first with POLITICO.
The memo to donors argues that Democrats should continue to ride the backlash to the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization into 2024 in key competitive states across the country. In a potentially tough presidential year, Democrats think abortion ballot initiatives can give the rest of their ticket an edge.
A ballot initiative in Arizona would increase the “likelihood that pro-choice voters turn out to vote, boosting Democratic candidates up and down the ticket in a state with numerous, must-win competitive races at the Presidential, Senate, House, and state legislative level,” the memo continues.
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