Abortion rights groups back Saltonstall

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Planned Parenthood Action Fund and NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC are backing former Charlevoix County Commissioner Connie Saltonstall's Democratic primary challenge to Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak.

The endorsements come in the wake of Stupak’s high-profile effort to insert tight restrictions on federal abortion funding into the health care reform law. Last week, Saltonstall won endorsement of the National Organization for Women and MI List, a Michigan organization that backs female candidates who support abortion rights.

NARAL announced Wednesday that it was donating the maximum of $5,000 to Saltonstall’s campaign for the primary.

“We are proud to put the support of our PAC behind Connie Saltonstall in this pivotal primary race,” Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said in a statement. “The voters in Michigan’s 1st District are looking for an alternative to Bart Stupak. For years, he has attacked women’s freedom and privacy and, for the last several months, seized the national spotlight as he held health care reform hostage to his anti-choice political views. The clock is ticking on Mr. Stupak’s ‘15 minutes of fame.’ We will work to put an end to Mr. Stupak’s divisiveness and replace him with a leader like Connie, who represents Michigan’s mainstream values.”

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[LiberalFighter]

1. They need to get ground troops out for the primary and general in that district.