Reproductive Freedom For All, an abortion-rights group, is hitting the airwaves in three GOP-controlled districts where the incumbent Republican has expressed opposition to cutting Medicaid funding as part of the broader effort to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts.
The effort is targeting Reps. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), Young Kim (R-Calif.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.). Ciscomani and Kim signed a letter to GOP leaders last week saying they won’t support a budget reconciliation bill that “includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.” And Fitzpatrick has separately pledged to protect Medicaid and Social Security.
In three separate ads, the group seeks to spotlight potential cuts to Medicaid and Planned Parenthood as part of Republicans’ effort to cut federal spending and make the 2017 tax cuts permanent. The ads, we’re told, have $100,000 behind them and are running on streaming TV and online.
Abortion-rights organizations have long argued that cuts to Medicaid would threaten Planned Parenthood as well given the services it provides to low-income Americans.
Here’s what Reproductive Freedom For All’s president, Mini Timmaraju, said in a statement:
“When politicians threaten to shut down Planned Parenthood, they’re not just attacking abortion — they’re putting people’s everyday health care at risk. Breast exams, birth control, and cancer screenings shouldn’t be up for debate. We’re making sure voters know who’s responsible and what’s at stake.”
