DENVER ⁠⁠—  Today, Michael released his campaign’s 11th ad of the general election. The minute-long ad, titled, “Horrifying,” tells the compelling story of Susan, who at the age of 21 received an illegal abortion in 1968, five years before the landmark Roe v Wade decision. 

Susan’s powerful personal story tells Coloradans what it was like for women seeking reproductive health care before Roe v Wade. She sheds light on the anti-choice views of Michael’s opponent, sending a clear message to Colorado’s voters about who they should support this November to protect reproductive freedom. 

Prior to the Roe v Wade ruling, women across the country who needed reproductive care put their own lives at risk in the process. In the wake of the Dobbs decision earlier this year, abortion rights have come under threat. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republican-led states have enacted dangerous abortion bans, and National Republicans have signaled their support for a  national abortion ban should they take the Senate majority this November. 

“For the first time in our country’s history since Reconstruction, we lost a fundamental constitutional freedom – one that we had for 50 years,” Michael told Colorado voters at a campaign event last month. “We cannot let the Supreme Court be the final word on Roe versus Wade, we have to elect a pro-choice majority in the Senate and a pro-choice majority in the House.”

Michael has always defended a woman’s right to choose during his time in the Senate, and he has a perfect score on Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s Congressional Scorecard. Every major statewide reproductive rights organization in Colorado has endorsed Michael’s reelection campaign this year, including Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Cobalt, and COLOR AF. 

“Horrifying” is the third abortion-related TV ad Michael’s campaign has released ahead of the general election. The other two, titled “Not Even Close” and “Ban,” highlight why voters can’t trust Joe O’Dea on abortion, and why Coloradans need a leader like Michael fighting for reproductive freedom in the U.S. Senate.

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