Democrats are seeking to take advantage of recent abortion restrictions to galvanize voters across the country, especially considering that it has proven to be a winning electoral issue.
Among the demographics targeted are Latinos, particularly those in key states and battleground house districts, NBC News reported. The message will be focused on personal freedoms and access to reproductive health care.
"This is fundamentally about freedom. And it is something ... Latino voters really, really care about," Victoria McGroary, the executive director of BOLD PAC, the Democratic-aligned campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, told NBC News.
"Listen, Latina voters may have personal opinions that differ on what they might do in a specific circumstance. But the thing that is extremely clear among them ... is that they do not want politicians involved in this decision in any way, shape or form," McGroary added.
The outlet pointed at different races in Texas and Arizona where Democratic candidates accused their Republican counterparts of curtailing voters' rights and directly affecting Latino voters.
House Democrats also received polls showing that most respondents in battleground districts said they thought unified Republican control of the House, Senate and White House would result in further abortion restrictions.
According to a poll by Axios-Ipsos, 68% of U.S. Latinos oppose abortion bans, and more prefer president Joe Biden on the issue (30%) compared to presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump (21%).
Abortion has been at the center of the political conversation since the 2022 repeal of Roe V. Wade, which enshrined abortion as a constitutional right at a federal level.
However, its presence has dominated the news cycle this week after Arizona's Supreme Court upheld a 1864 law that banned practically all abortions in the state, including in cases of rape and incest. The only exception to the ban is when the mother's life is in danger.
There are a total of eleven states that are likely to take abortion rights measures on the ballot in November: Florida, Maryland and New York are confirmed, while Arizona, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Nevada, Missouri and Arkansas are still moving towards this.
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