Granite Staters Haven’t Forgotten Kelly Ayotte’s Anti-Abortion Record

Concord, N.H. — As New Hampshire voters prepare to head to the polls in tomorrow’s primary, Planned Parenthood Votes is here to set the record straight on former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte’s record. Throughout her decades-long political career, Ayotte has worked endlessly to make basic reproductive health care harder to get for Granite Staters — including repeatedly voting to defund Planned Parenthood and siding with insurance companies that don’t want to cover birth control for their employees.

For those keeping score at home, here is a refresher on what Ayotte was up to last time she was in office:

• In the U.S. Senate, Ayotte voted for a 20-week nationwide abortion ban, which is earlier in pregnancy than New Hampshire’s current law.
• Ayotte has repeatedly voted to defund Planned Parenthood.
• Ayotte played a pivotal role in supporting Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, aiding in securing his confirmation to the court. Gorsuch’s lifetime appointment soon led to the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
• She has voted to make it more difficult and expensive to get birth control by co-sponsoring the Blunt Amendment.
• She even voted to allow employers and insurance companies to refuse coverage of IVF.
• As New Hampshire attorney general, Ayotte defended an unconstitutional parental notification requirement that did not include an exception for the health of the mother to the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Notably, one of Ayotte’s first endorsers in her campaign for governor, State Senator Carrie Gendreau, was one of the sponsors of the state’s 15-day abortion ban. Gendreau said she supports banning abortion at “zero” weeks. Ayotte has remained silent on the legislation and her endorser’s position.

Ayotte has been trying to distance herself from her abysmal record, now vowing that she would protect New Hampshire's current abortion laws. But Granite State voters will not be fooled by her sudden change of heart. She has spent her entire career undermining sexual and reproductive health care, making it very clear where she stands on these issues and how she would lead as governor. Kelly Ayotte cannot be trusted to fight for Granite Staters' reproductive rights.

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Planned Parenthood Votes is an independent expenditure political committee registered with the Federal Election Commission.