“The political arm of Planned Parenthood is preparing to launch its largest campaign offensive ever, targeting more than a dozen states and some of the cycle’s top Senate and gubernatorial races to raise the alarm about the stakes of the 2014 midterms elections for women’s health care and abortion rights,” Politico reports.
“The cost of the midterm campaign is expected to cross the $18 million mark, including $2.4 million the group spent in 2013 for Virginia’s off-year governor’s race… That investment would make the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood Votes – the national federation’s political entities – some of the heaviest outside spenders on the Democratic side, and certainly among the top independent expenditure campaigns focused on reaching women.”
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