The Democrats Are Telling Voters That Roe v. Wade Is Still Intact
The Democratic National Committee is running ads in several states suggesting that the GOP is trying to overturn Roe v. Wade and pass a national abortion ban — bafflingly ignoring that Roe has already been reversed and many states already have abortion bans.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks to reporters minutes after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in the Capitol Visitors Center on June 24, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
One of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) first paid efforts to influence public opinion surrounding the Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn Roe v. Wade and limit abortion access for tens of millions of Americans demonstrates a dispiriting level of apathy and ignorance.
Instead of mobilizing voters to support abortion rights, the DNC’s new digital ad campaign could mislead viewers into believing that the threat to abortion rights is still hypothetical and hasn’t fully arrived at their doorsteps.
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