NARAL Pro-Choice America Joins Launch of Independentcourt.Org Ad on Alito's Record

Washington, DC— NARAL Pro-Choice America joined a national coalition of advocacy organizations in launching the initial phase of an advertising and grassroots campaign targeting the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito.

"This ad reflects the range of mainstream values and freedoms that are at risk if Samuel Alito is confirmed to the Supreme Court," said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. "As a coalition, we are taking another step in our coordinated grassroots effort to expose that Alito's legal philosophy does not protect core liberties, such as a woman's constitutional right to choose."

The 30-second television spot highlights Alito's extremely troubling record as a federal judge and public official, and reminds viewers that he is the hand-picked candidate of far-right leaders. "The right wing has already taken over the West Wing…don't let them take over your Supreme Court," says the ad, which mentions Alito's efforts as a federal judge to weaken protections against job discrimination, his dissent that would have upheld the strip search of a 10-year-old girl without a valid warrant, and his declaration that the Constitution does not protect a woman's right to an abortion.

The ad will run on cable news programs nationally and in Maine and Rhode Island. Additional television and radio ads will run in other states in the coming weeks.

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Ted Miller, 202.973.3032