National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)
| National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Top official: | Ilyse Hogue |
| Year founded: | 1969 |
| Website: | Official website |
NARAL Pro-Choice America (pronounced "NAY-ral") is a pro-choice organization in the United States that "uses the political process to guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing legal abortion."[1] NARAL is often used as a short form of the name.
History
NARAL began in 1969 as the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws. Following the Supreme Court Decision in Roe v. Wade in 1973, NARAL became the National Abortion Rights Action League. Through the years, NARAL has held demonstrations and worked to pass legislation protecting reproductive freedom. In 2003, NARAL changed their name again to NARAL-Pro Choice America.[2]
2020 election
On March 8, 2019, NARAL announced a list of initial endorsements for 34 congressional Democratic incumbents who the group intended to support in the 2020 U.S. House elections.[3]
2016 election
Presidential preference
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[4]
- See also: Endorsements for Hillary Clinton
2014 elections
As of October 2013, there is no 2014 elections information available.
2012 elections
According to OpenSecrets.org, NARAL spent $1,710,358 in the 2012 election cycle. Open Secrets analyzed the success of 2012 general election cycle spending:[5]
Endorsed candidates
In the 2012 election cycle, NARAL supported the following candidates:[6]
- Bill Foster
- Kathleen Hochul
- Tammy Baldwin
- Dan Maffei
- Betty Sutton
- Jon Tester
- Lois Frankel
- Kathryn Boockvar
- Shelley Berkley
- Sherrod Brown
- Tammy Duckworth
- Annie Kuster
- Elizabeth Warren
- Rob Zerban
Targeted candidates
In the 2012 election cycle, NARAL opposed the following candidates:[7]
- Mitt Romney
- Todd Akin
- Denny Rehberg
- Michele Bachmann
- Richard Mourdock
- Rick Santorum
- Joe Walsh
- Tom Smith
- Scott Brown
- Mike Pence
Expenditures
National Abortion Rights Action League spent a grand total of $1,710,358 in the 2012 election. Of that money, $565,809 was spent for Democrats, $0 was against Democrats, $5 was for Republicans, and $1,144,544 was used against Republicans. [8]
| Top 10 largest NARAL expenditures in 2012[8] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | State | Office | For | Against | Total | Desired Result |
| Mitt Romney |  |
N/A | President | $0 | $975,382 | $975,382 |  |
| Barack Obama |  |
N/A | President | $501,432 | $0 | $501,432 | |
| Todd Akin | |
MO | Senate | $0 | $60,581 | $60,581 | |
| Jon Tester | |
MT | Senate | $41,059 | $0 | $41,059 | |
| Denny Rehberg | |
MT | Senate | $0 | $39,525 | $39,525 | |
| Tony Strickland | |
CA | House | $5 | $20,192 | $20,197 | |
| Michele Bachmann | |
MN | House | $0 | $11,482 | $11,482 | |
| Julia Brownley | |
CA | House | $7,394 | $0 | $7,394 | |
| Richard Mourdock | |
IN | Senate | $0 | $6,885 | $6,885 | |
| Rick Santorum | |
N/A | President | $0 | $5,031 | $5,031 | |
Donors
NARAL only partially releases their list of donors. As of October 2013, no specific contributors over $1000 had been disclosed to the Federal Election Commission.[9]
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for "National + Abortion + Rights + Action + League"
- All stories may not be relevant to this organization due to the nature of the search engine.
External links
- Social media:
- Endorsements and ratings:
- Fact-checking:
- Financial:
- Media appearances:
- Media coverage:
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook.com, "About NARAL," accessed October 24, 2013
- ↑ Pro Choice America, "History," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "NARAL Announces First Slate of Frontline Pro-Choice Endorsements for 2020," accessed March 11, 2019
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "NARAL Endorses Hillary Clinton, After Backing Obama In 2008," January 5, 2015
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "NARAL," accessed October 24, 2013
- ↑ Opensecrets.org, "NARAL Pro-Choice America," accessed October 24, 2013
- ↑ Opensecrets.org, "NARAL Pro-Choice America Recipients, 2012," accessed October 24, 2013
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Open Secrets, "NARAL , 2012," accessed October 24, 2013
- ↑ Opensecrets.org, "NARAL Donors, 2012," accessed October 24, 2013
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