Groups funded by GOP megadonor Jeff Yass have spent millions supporting anti-abortion candidates in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky
Abortion rights protestors gather in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
A person familiar with Yass’ political spending insists that the single issue animating his largess is “school choice” — if the candidates funded by the groups he funds happen to also hold anti-abortion views, that is simply incidental, this person said. The same person did not respond when asked what Yass’ own position on abortion is.that Yass has avoided paying more than $1 billion in taxes in recent years. He’s also emerged as a GOP megadonor.
“Governor Youngkin has made clear that he will sign any piece of anti abortion legislation that makes it to his desk — and we know their ultimate goal is to ban abortion,” says Jamie Lockhart executive director of Virginia League for Planned Parenthood. Lockhart points to Youngkin’s remarks that he would “The November election could have major consequences for women beyond Virginia, the last state in the South where abortion remains widely accessible.
“Republican leaders in Pennsylvania over the years have shown their cards, and we want to make sure that we’re able to have a champion on that front,” says Breana Ross, campaign director at Planned Parenthood Votes.
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