Planned Parenthood commits $47 million to the midterms, its second-largest election campaign ever
The abortion industry has put a price on winning back Congress: $47 million. Planned Parenthood Votes, the super political action committee (PAC) affiliated with the nation's largest abortion business, announced Thursday that it will pour more than $47 million into the November midterm elections, a plan first reported by Politico. It is the second-largest political investment in the organization's history, behind only the $50 million it spent in 2022.
The "We Decide" campaign will fund advertising and voter outreach against Republicans in 10 battleground House races across seven states. Named targets include Reps. Bill Huizenga and Tom Barrett of Michigan, Gabe Evans of Colorado, Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa, Mike Lawler of New York, David Valadao of California, Brian Fitzpatrick and Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania, and Juan Ciscomani of Arizona, along with the open Arizona seat vacated by Rep. David Schweikert, who is running for governor. In the Senate, the group is targeting Michigan's open-seat contest, where former Rep. Mike Rogers is the likely Republican nominee, with tentative plans against Sen. Susan Collins in Maine. It also plans spending in state races in Georgia, New Hampshire, Nevada, Michigan, and Arizona.
The common thread is the vote those House members cast to defund Planned Parenthood for one year under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Trump signed on July 4, 2025. The abortion business wants them punished for it, because the defunding worked. Health policy tracker KFF reports Planned Parenthood closed or consolidated 57 health centers across 20 states since January 2025.
"We're in the fight of our lives," Planned Parenthood Votes executive director Sarah Standiford said, calling the election an "existential moment." On that much, pro-life Americans can agree with her.
The pro-life movement is not ceding the field. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and its Women Speak Out PAC announced an $80 million midterm effort last November, pledging to reach more than 10.5 million voters. And organizations like Priests for Life, which under the leadership of national director Frank Pavone has spent more than three decades educating and mobilizing pro-life voters in every election cycle, have long prepared the ground for exactly this kind of fight. Money can buy advertising. It cannot buy the votes of an awakened pro-life electorate.
Final Thoughts
Why does this matter? Control of the next Congress will decide whether the defunding of the abortion industry is restored and made permanent, or abandoned. What happens next is up to the voters in these targeted districts and states. If you live in one, the abortion industry has just announced that your vote is worth millions of dollars to defeat. Prove it right by casting it for life this November.
Related resources: Political Action and 2026 election resources at PriestsForLife.org
