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Planned Parenthood spends likely record amounts on Maine elections
Bangor Daily News ^ | October 24, 2022 | Caitlin Andrews

Posted on 10/27/2022 2:43:21 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat

In this July 27, 2022, file photo, Gov. Janet Mills speaks during an abortion rights rally at Lincoln Park in Portland. Credit: David Marino Jr. / BDN

The state’s largest abortion rights advocacy group has spent a likely record amount of money on candidate races this year in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England’s political action committee in Maine has spent $836,059 this year in independent expenditures, a category of campaign spending that allows groups to show support or opposition to candidates, according to Maine campaign finance records. It is the largest amount of spending by the organization in at least a decade, higher than the $562,233 in 2014.

The spending has mostly focused on the governor’s race between Democratic incumbent Janet Mills and Republican Paul LePage, a former governor. But Planned Parenthood also has concentrated on several competitive legislative districts.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: abortion; lepage; maine; mills; plannedparenthood

1 posted on 10/27/2022 2:43:21 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Your tax dollars at work


2 posted on 10/27/2022 2:45:31 PM PDT by es345st
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To: Republican Wildcat

The baby murder business is highly lucrative.


3 posted on 10/27/2022 2:45:33 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Republican Wildcat

I had no idea LePage was running again. I thought he was great in office the last time.


4 posted on 10/27/2022 2:48:32 PM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

You will notice no one will go after PP for election financing violations.


5 posted on 10/27/2022 2:55:18 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: es345st
Your tax dollars at work

Yep. They're just laundered through a 'benevolent" "non-profit."

6 posted on 10/27/2022 2:58:45 PM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

What a scam. Taxpayers give them hundreds of millions in cash and they get to use it to influence the outcome of elections?


7 posted on 10/27/2022 3:40:56 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Republican Wildcat

democrats are in love with the money from the abortionists, so they will do anything to promote abortion.


8 posted on 10/27/2022 3:41:17 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

How’s that their crap going to play when my friends up there is paying $5.49 a gallon for heating oil.... up $2.25 a gallon from last year.


9 posted on 10/27/2022 3:51:10 PM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: Republican Wildcat

I am starting to favor it ONLY if the woman can prove she is a registered Democrat. Offer them assisted suicide at the same time. Also point out to them that they are saving the earth.


10 posted on 10/27/2022 4:37:22 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: ConservativeInPA

PP: “And ever since they imported so many Somalis into Maine it has become even more lucrative. Look at all those little black babies we can kill!”


11 posted on 10/27/2022 5:06:33 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: fwdude

Paul LePage was elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014.

He was term-limited in 2018 and had to sit out a term.


12 posted on 10/27/2022 5:42:18 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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