Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking his abortion-rights advocacy nationwide, introducing on Wednesday a political organization to fund similar efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion by statute even before the Supreme Court invalidated the right to undergo the procedure.
Think Big America has already funded support for constitutional amendments favoring abortion access in Ohio, Arizona and Nevada. Fourteen states now ban abortion and debate elsewhere rages since the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision to upend the 50-year-old Roe v. Wade opinion that legalized abortion.
Think Big America is a 501 nonprofit, a so-called dark money organization, which is not required by federal law to disclose its donors. The group’s spokesperson, Natalie Edelstein, said the Democratic multibillionaire is thus far the lone donor. She would add only that his contribution has been “substantial” and sufficient to cover initial contributions to the other states’ campaigns.
Despite a long progressive agenda, there are few issues on which Pritzker has been more vocal than abortion access. But the activism also provides additional exposure for Pritzker, who has been conspicuous on the national scene and unabashed in his criticism of what he calls Donald Trump-let GOP “zealots” who he says favor “culture wars” over “issues that matter.” From appearances on Sunday news programs to his monetary support for Democrats and their causes across the country, speculation is rampant that Pritzker harbors presidential ambitions.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker creates abortion-supporting nonprofit groupMabinty Quarshie is the national politics correspondent for the Washington Examiner. Before joining the Washington Examiner, Mabinty was a national political reporter and assistant elections editor at USA Today. She holds a bachelor’s from George Mason University and a master’s in journalism from Georgetown University.
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