Planned Parenthood Votes launches $47 million campaign targeting 2026 midterm races

Planned Parenthood Votes, an independent super PAC affiliated with Planned Parenthood, announced a $47 million "We Decide" campaign on Thursday to focus attention on abortion during the 2026 midterm elections. The effort will direct spending toward Republican candidates in close races, including former Rep. Mike Rogers' Senate bid in Michigan and Sen. Susan Collins's reelection campaign in Maine.

Senate targets The group also plans to run advertisements and voter outreach in 10 competitive House districts across seven states. The targeted representatives include Bill Huizenga, Tom Barrett, Gabe Evans, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Mike Lawler, David Valadao, Brian Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mackenzie, and Juan Ciscomani.

Planned Parenthood Votes executive director Sarah Standiford said the scale of the effort reflects the stakes for voters deciding on abortion access.

Medicaid funding dispute The campaign highlights Republicans who supported a one-year cutoff of Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood that was included in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The organization regained access to the funding over the weekend.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund executive director Brianna Twofoot said dozens of affiliated clinics closed during the funding freeze and linked the closures to the policy change. Sen. Josh Hawley questioned in an April letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Kennedy Jr. how federal funds could be prevented from supporting abortion services at facilities that also provide family planning. Planned Parenthood performed over 434,000 abortion procedures in 2025 and is the country's largest provider of the service.