The Illinois governor is taking his abortion-rights advocacy nationwide. Democrat J.B. Pritzker announced on Wednesday the formation of Think Big America. The nonprofit will raise money for efforts to ease access to abortion nationwide.
FILE - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks out over the crowd during the Illinois Paid Leave bill signing ceremony Monday, March 13, 2023, in Chicago. Pritzker is taking his advocacy for abortion rights nationwide, forming a political organization to fund like-minded efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion by statute even before the Supreme Court invalidated the right to seek one. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. J.B.
Think Big America is a 501 nonprofit, a so-called dark money organization, which is not required by federal law to disclose its donors. The group’s spokesperson, Natalie Edelstein, said the Democratic multibillionaire is thus far the lone donor. She would add only that his contribution has been “substantial” and sufficient to cover initial contributions to the other states’ campaigns.
Despite a long progressive agenda, there are few issues on which Pritzker has been more vocal than abortion access.. The safeguards include patients from other states streaming to Illinois to have abortions which are prohibited or restricted in their home states.
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