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Abortion rights are taking center stage this election cycle, from Ohio to Kentucky to Virginia.
Before we dive deeper into the importance of local elections this November, you should know that Courier’s newsrooms in nine battleground states have been diligently covering the fight for abortion rights, but they can’t do their work without your support. Will you pitch in anything you can to help fund reliable journalism like ours?
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, right-wing Republicans in states across the country are dead set on passing extreme abortion bans.
But here’s the good news: we’ve seen what happens when voters head to the polls armed with the truth about reproductive rights — and it’s not pretty for anti-abortion Republicans.
Last year in Michigan, voters overwhelmingly approved Proposal 3 to establish the right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution. And a novel experiment found that Michiganders were more likely to oppose abortion bans after reading reports from The Gander, our local Michigan newsroom, like this one:
We’re continuing this work in important states like Virginia, where Republicans promised to implement an abortion ban in the only remaining safe haven for abortion care in the entire South should they win control of the General Assembly this November.
Our reporters at Dogwood have jumped right in pushing eye-catching, straightforward news pieces to outline what’s at stake in this important election:
The work of our newsrooms — the articles, the amplified posts, and the ad placements — is only possible with support from people like you. That’s why we’ve set a $10,000 end-of-month goal to ensure they have all the resources they need ahead of consequential elections this November and beyond.
Thanks for your support,
Everyone at Courier Newsroom