Planned Parenthood Votes

Basic facts
Location:| New York, N.Y.
Type:| Super PAC
Year founded:| 2010

Planned Parenthood Votes (PPV) is a super PAC branch of Planned Parenthood, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers, according to its website, "reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide." The group is headquartered in New York, New York.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 1.1 Related groups
* 2 Political activity
* 2.1 2020
* 2.2 Endorsements
* 2.2.1 2016
* 2.2.2 2012
* 2.3 Targeted candidates
* 2.3.1 2016
* 2.3.1.1 Donald Trump
* 2.3.1.2 Kelly Ayotte
* 2.3.2 2013
* 2.3.3 2012
* 3 Finances
* 4 Leadership
* 5 Legal status
* 6 Recent news
* 7 See also
* 8 External links
* 9 Footnotes

## Background[edit]

PPV was established in 2010 as a super PAC branch of Planned Parenthood, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides reproductive healthcare services and sex education.[2][3]

### Related groups[edit]

Planned Parenthood can refer to one of a number of organizations with separate missions and activities. All of the Planned Parenthood organizations focus on community health and sexual education, but the separate organizations vary by the degree to which they can and do participate in politics.

Planned Parenthood related groups

Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Planned Parenthood Action Fund | Planned Parenthood Action Fund PAC | Planned Parenthood Votes
501(c)(3) | 501(c)(4) | PAC | super PAC
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) cannot engage in activities that are part of the electoral process. The organization may educate voters on issues but must avoid political activities that favor or oppose a candidate or have the effect of favoring or opposing a candidate. PPFA provides healthcare services and community educational programs concerning sexual and reproductive health. | Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) can legally participate in political activity in support of or opposition to candidates for office. These political activities cannot be the organization's primary activities and cannot be direct donations to a candidate for office or a candidate's committee. PPAF endorses candidates for office and runs advocacy campaigns supporting and opposing candidates based on their stances on reproductive healthcare policies. | Planned Parenthood Action Fund PAC is a federal political action committee. The PAC can spend money in electoral politics by donating to parties or candidates they support, subject to contribution limits defined by state and federal election agencies. | Planned Parenthood Votes (PPV) can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. The group cannot contribute directly to a politician or political party, but it can spend independently to campaign for or against political figures. PPV endorses and spends money in races that concern reproductive healthcare policies.

## Political activity[edit]

### 2020[edit]

Planned Parenthood Votes announced a plan to spend $45 million dollars during the 2020 election cycle, focusing on supporting candidates in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.[4]

### Endorsements[edit]

#### 2016[edit]

* Hillary Clinton, President
* Maggie Hassan, (D-N.H.)

#### 2012[edit]

* Barack Obama (President)
* Sherrod Brown (U.S. Senate-Ohio)
* Tammy Baldwin (U.S. Senate-Wis.)
* Ed Perlmutter (Colorado's 7th Congressional District)
* Joe Miklosi (Colorado's 6th Congressional District)
* Claire McCaskill (U.S. Senate-Mo.)
* Timothy Kaine (U.S. Senate-Va.)
* Suzanne Bonamici (Oregon's 1st Congressional District)
* Dan Maffei (New York's 24th Congressional District)
* Sean Maloney (New York's 18th Congressional District)
* Jon Tester (U.S. Senate-Mont.)
* Scott Peters (California's 52nd Congressional District)
* Suzan DelBene (Washington's 1st Congressional District)
* Christie Vilsack (Iowa's 4th Congressional District)
* Christopher Murphey (Connecticut's 5th Congressional District)
* Kathy Hochul (New York's 26th Congressional District)
* Shelley Berkley (Nevada's 1st Congressional District)

### Targeted candidates[edit]

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#### 2016[edit]

##### Donald Trump[edit]

In March 2016, PPV partnered with Priorities USA Action to produce a five-figure online campaign targeting 2016 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.[5]

“Donald Trump’s clear disregard for women’s health and lives is staggering,” said Deirdre Schifeling, PPV executive director. “We know what it looks like to see women punished for having an abortion: It is already happening across this country, and the consequences are devastating. Yet this shocking stance is not new: it is a part of the Republican party platform, and it’s what anti-abortion politicians like Ted Cruz and John Kasich have been voting on and enacting for years. One in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime. Those women deserve to access medical care without fear of violence, harassment, or punishment. It’s clear that Donald Trump and his anti-abortion agenda is far too extreme for the women of this country.”[5]

##### Kelly Ayotte[edit]

In April 2016. PPV spent $400,000 on a television ad campaign to target U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.).[6]

“Kelly Ayotte may try to paint herself as pro-woman, but her record tells a very different story. Every chance she’s gotten she’s voted to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood and cut women off from essential health care like birth control and breast and cervical cancer screenings," said PPV Executive Director Deirdre Schifeling in a statement. "She has been advocating for years to ban women’s access to safe, legal abortion, and it’s clear she now sees her chance in the Supreme Court process. Kelly Ayotte is refusing to do her job, and abdicating her constitutional duty, in order to push an extreme agenda that no one in New Hampshire wants. Enough is enough. Kelly Ayotte’s bad politics could have repercussions for a lifetime.”[7]

#### 2013[edit]

During the 2014 election cycle, PPV opposed Ken Cuccinelli in his campaign for governor of Virginia.[8]

#### 2012[edit]

* Mitt Romney, President
* Linda McMahon (U.S. Senate-Conn.)
* Todd Akin (Missouri's 2nd Congressional District)
* Robert Cornilles (Oregon's 1st Congressional District)
* Mike Coffman (Colorado) (Colorado's 6th Congressional District)
* Joseph Coors (Colorado's 7th Congressional District)
* Ann Marie Buerkle (New York's 25th Congressional District)
* Nan Hayworth (New York's 19th Congressional District)
* Brian Bilbray (California's 50th Congressional District)
* John Koster (Washington's 1st Congressional District)
* George Allen (U.S. Senate-Va.)
* Josh Mandel (U.S. Senate-OH)

## Finances[edit]

The following table outlines Planned Parenthood Votes' annual federal receipts and disbursements according to the Federal Election Commission:[2]

Annual federal receipts and disbursements for Planned Parenthood Votes, 2010-2016

Year  | Total receipts  | Total disbursements
2016 | $21,019,958 | $21,389,743
2015 | $1,246,939.26 | $233,361.67
2014 | $6,130,339.46 | $6,367,494.46
2013 | $1,695,825.22 | $1,810,241.54
2012 | $5,394,065.56 | $6,031,070.22
2011 | $1,051,948.68 | $65,810.63
2010 | $328,491.91 | $196,184.87

## Leadership[edit]

As of October 2016, according to a press release from the organization, Deirdre Schifeling was the executive director of Planned Parenthood Votes.[7]

## Legal status[edit]

Planned Parenthood Votes is a super PAC. A super PAC is a political committee that can solicit and spend unlimited sums of money. A super PAC cannot contribute directly to a politician or political party, but it can spend independently to campaign for or against political figures. These committees are also called independent expenditure-only committees. A super PAC is not legally considered a political action committee (PAC) and as such is regulated under separate rules.[9][10]

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms 'Planned Parenthood Votes'. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Planned Parenthood Votes - Google News

## See also[edit]

* Planned Parenthood
* Super PAC

## External links[edit]

* Planned Parenthood homepage

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Planned Parenthood, "Who we are," accessed July 28, 2016
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Federal Election Commission, "Details for Committee ID: C00489799," accessed July 28, 2016
3. ↑ Planned Parenthood Action Fund, "About us," accessed July 29, 2016
4. ↑ Politico, "Louisiana primary lurches to ugly finish," accessed October 17, 2019
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Priorities USA Action, "Planned Parenthood Votes & Priorities USA launch five-figure digital ad slamming Donald Trump’s 'punishment' plan," accessed July 29, 2016
6. ↑ New Hampshire Public Radio, "'Planned Parenthood Votes' targets Ayotte with TV ad," April 19, 2016
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 NH Labor News, "Planned Parenthood Votes releases scathing new ad targeting Kelly Ayotte," April 19, 2016
8. ↑ Politico, "Planned Parenthood buys ads in Va.," accessed October 9, 2013
9. ↑ The Atlantic, "The New York Times' Disingenuous Campaign Against Citizens United," February 24, 2012
10. ↑ The New York Times, "Who's Financing the 'Super PACs?" May 7, 2012

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