Abortion-rights group launches ad in Michigan, Wisconsin warning about RFK Jr.
An abortion-rights group is attacking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as extreme and unfit to serve over abortion rights, as the health issue takes focus in the presidential election.
Reproductive Freedom for All Freedom Fund put out an ad Monday in Michigan and Wisconsin — two battleground states — looking to portray the independent candidate as indecisive and potentially threatening to a woman’s right to choose.
The ad, which is targeting young voters, is set to run in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Madison, Wis., cities in two important swing states where Kennedy is angling to compete against President Biden and former President Trump. Both cities are home to major public universities, as well.
“He doesn’t know whether he'd support a national abortion ban, and he’s picked a vice president who won’t even protect IVF from MAGA attacks,” the ad says.
The spot also criticizes Kennedy’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, who has been outwardly skeptical of IVF.
“Kennedy Jr. and Shanahan mean we’d be less safe from dangerous abortion bans, and get more attacks on IVF. Kennedy Jr. and Shanahan would put your reproductive freedom at risk,” the ad says.
Kennedy is looking to make traction with a variety of voting blocs, including people aged 18 to 40 years, whom the ad is addressing.
He recently qualified for Michigan’s ballot, in addition to nearly a dozen other states. He is aiming to get on Wisconsin’s as a candidate by its petition deadline in early August.
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