Jesse Scheckner
President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is airing a new TV spot highlighting the consequences of the weakened abortion protections under his predecessor.
The 60-second spot, “Forced,” will air on Monday, the 51st anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade decision.
The ad features Dr. Austin Dennard, a Dallas OB/GYN and mother of three who had to flee her state after learning that a planned pregnancy she “desperately wanted” would put her life at risk.
“In Texas, you are forced to carry that pregnancy, and that is because of Donald Trump overturning Roe v. Wade. The choice was completely taken away,” she says in the ad.
“It’s every woman’s worst nightmare, and it was absolutely unbearable. We need leaders that will protect our rights and not take them away, and that’s Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.”
A post-Roe Texas law bans nearly all abortions and access to abortion medication. There is a narrow exception for saving the life or preventing “substantial impairment of major bodily function” of the mother.
Florida, meanwhile, passed a prohibition on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy last year but is currently enforcing a 15-week ban passed in 2022 while awaiting the outcome of a Florida Supreme Court judgment.
A reproductive rights coalition in Florida has collected enough petition signatures to put a proposed abortion rights amendment on the 2024 ballot. Attorney General Ashley Moody has asked the state Supreme Court to disqualify the question from the ballot, arguing its summary language would mislead voters.
Sixty-two percent of Florida voters support codifying abortion rights in the state Constitution, a recent University of North Florida poll found.
Trump said this month that he is “proud” about his role in undoing Roe v. Wade — he nominated three of the six justices who overturned the landmark decision in June 2022 — but has also criticized state laws that ban abortion after six weeks or less.
“We’re living in a time when there has to be a little bit of a concession one way or the other,” he said during a Fox News town hall this month.
“Forced” will run in battleground states and on national broadcast television during the season premiere of “The Bachelor.” A press note from the Biden-Harris camp said the ad will target suburban women and young voters, “running on cable programming non-news audiences are more likely to watch and reaching a younger, more female audience.”
Channels airing the ad include HGTV, TLC, Bravo, Hallmark, Food Network and Oxygen. The ad will also air during the NFL Conference Championships in battleground states Sunday, Jan. 28, with the aim of reaching about 2.5 million likely voters.
A shorter, 30-second version of the ad titled “Took Away” will air simultaneously on Connected TV, YouTube and other digital platforms.
“No woman in America should have to risk their life or flee their home to receive lifesaving care, but because of Donald Trump, too many have been forced to do exactly that,” Biden-Harris Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement. “This ad serves as a sobering reminder to women across the country of the devastating legacy of Donald Trump’s presidency — and a warning of his plans, if elected, to take this anti-abortion crusade even further by using every agency and tool of the federal government to limit women’s access to reproductive health care.”
10 comments
PeterH
January 21, 2024 at 1:28 pm
Joe Biden smacking Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues like Tim Scott and Elise Stafanik on topics they would prefer not to discuss!
Trump would rather talk about his non-existent $3 trillion dollar border wall that Mexico refused to build and his non-existent ‘much cheaper and much much better healthcare plan for all Americans. Of course Trump and Stefanik are very worried about their January 6th “hostages!”
Republicans are America’s worst enemy!
Vote all Republicans out of office!
Earl Pitts "Sage Political Expert Emeritas" American
January 21, 2024 at 2:25 pm
Good Afternoon Dook 4 Brains Leftys,
Its your last desperate thread of hope to try and grab onto as your entire Democratic Party falls from grace.
Your fall from grace is a two-fold phenom:
1.) NATIONAL
AND
2.) WORLD-WIDE
The Democratic Party has really out-done themselves this time. The Nation and The World is accustomed to your Party being the irresponsable childern who spend down all the money and generally eff everything up for four years. Then the Republicans (the adults) get elected to build back finances and fix everything the kids effed up.
For y’all to be pinning your hopes on abortion means y’all know that y’all are 1.) SCREWED, 2.) GLUED, and 3.) SCREWED (again).
HELLO Dook 4 Brains:
Its 2024 fools nobody cares about abortion as a political issue any longer. Thats been resolved already to everyone’s satisfaction.
Y’all wanna know what time it is?
Its time to lower the box with the dearly departed Democratic Party in it, throw dirt on it, and plant a tombstone on top.
Thats what time it is.
ABORTION????? HAA HAA HAA ….. MY BIG ‘OLE 8UTT.
Thank you Dook 4 Brains Leftys,
OTHER THAN THAT ….. Y’ALL HAVE A NICE DAY,
Earl Pitts American
Earl Pitts is a Pedophile
January 22, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Hang yourself
Impeach Biden
January 21, 2024 at 2:10 pm
Every American citizen nightmare is another four years of big time cognitive decline Joe Biden. The thought of Kamala assuming the role of President is just as scary since it is quite possible Joe won’t make it to the end.
Jojo
January 21, 2024 at 2:24 pm
Try watching a news station that doesn’t cherry-pick moments that intelligent people recognize as a person with a lifelong stutter speaking deliberately and carefully.
Dont Say FLA
January 22, 2024 at 9:03 am
Are ya SURE “Giggles” is dumber than Trump? I don’t think that’s the case.
Josh Green
January 22, 2024 at 3:22 pm
You really are dumber than a box of hair.
Tom
January 21, 2024 at 2:33 pm
Trump really has no policy or opinions on anything other than what he heard from the last person he spoke to if I recall from his time in office. I know he used to be okay with abortion, then he wasn’t but I’ve not heard anything resembling a coherent statement from him this time round. Even a dolt like him has to realize that backing six week abortion limits is a loser ’cause people don’t really want the government involved in their healthcare decisions. Ah Republicans, the party of small government who love to get into everybody’s business.
Julia
January 21, 2024 at 4:58 pm
I am making 285 Dollars each hour for working online. I never thought that it was legit but my best friend earns 29,000 dollars every month doing this and she vx05 showed me how.
Check It is……………… careersrevenue07.blogspot.com
Dont Say FLA
January 22, 2024 at 9:01 am
There’s one and only way to build that wall and have Mexico pay for it. And that is Mexico deciding to build a wall on its own Southern border.
The influx of migrants comes from further south, so build that wall at the pinch point on the South side of Mexico. Duhhhh.
Building that wall down there would have the added benefit of boat people being Mexico’s problem, not so much Florida’s and California’s problems as would be the case with a wall along the USA southern border.
If any of the powers that be really wanted any wall, there would be a wall along Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala and Belize. Not that Belize is a problem, but you know, as people say, “Build That Wall”
Comments are closed.