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#VOTEPROCHOICE

Website:

voteprochoice.us
Type:

Abortion Advocacy Group
Formation:

2016
Founders:

Heidi Sieck

Bob Fertik

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Vote Pro-Choice (#VOTEPROCHOICE) is a political advocacy group that endorses and campaigns at the local and national level for candidates who support abortion. The group expanded its name recognition when it partnered with the 2017 Women’s March. The group has partnered with other pro-abortion organizations and the news outlet Democrats.com.

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Bob Fertik and Heidi Sieck founded Vote Pro-Choice in 2016. 2 She also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, a pro-abortion-rights nonprofit organization. Fertik, a long-time political activist on the left, serves as the president of Democrats.com, and Sieck serves as its Chief Operations Officer.7

In August 2017, Vote Pro-Choice activists phone banked in New York City with The Broad Room, an organization that describes itself as “a training camp for young women to take political action and resist the right-wing agenda.”12

Vote Pro-Choice held three days of phone and text banking at the Women’s Convention held in October 2017 in Detroit.19

References

  1. Sieck, Heidi L. “End Assault. End Sexism. End Patriarchy. – Heidi L. Sieck – Medium.” Medium. October 25, 2016. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://medium.com/@HeidiSpeaks/end-assault-end-sexism-end-patriarchy-3ea4ccd682a6.
  2. About Us. CTZNWELL. Accessed May 11, 2018. http://www.ctznwell.org/about-us-1#action.
  3. Bob Fertik. The Huffington Post. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/bob-fertik.
  4. About Democrats.com. Democrats.com. Accessed May 11, 2018. http://democrats.com/.
  5. Logo Women’s Boy Brief VOTEPROCHOICE. CafePress. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://www.cafepress.com/voteprochoice.1799693424.
  6. “Election 2017: U.S. Women Run Races Big and Small.” The Story Exchange. November 06, 2017. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://thestoryexchange.org/election-2017-women-run-races-big-small/.
  7. Google Groups. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/slpolicywatch/qFF8uvrr4gI.
  8. About Us. The Broad Room. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://www.thebroadroomnyc.com/about/.
  9. #VOTEPROCHOICE Phone Bank with The Broad Room. The Broad Room. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://www.thebroadroomnyc.com/upcomingevents/2017/8/15/voteprochoice-phonebank-with-the-broad-room.
  10. Partners & Sponsors. Women’s March. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://www.womensmarch.com/partners/.
  11. Full Text of “Women’s March on Washington Guiding Vision and Definition of Principles.” The Internet Archive. Accessed May 12, 2018. https://archive.org/stream/WMWGuidingVisionDefinitionofPrinciples/WMW%2BGuiding%2BVision%2B%26%2BDefinition%2Bof%2BPrinciples_djvu.txt.
  12. DeSanctis, Alexandra. “Update: Women’s March Removes Pro-Life Sponsor.” National Review. October 10, 2017. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/womens-march-pro-life-women-arent-feminists/. v
  13. Sieck, Heidi. “Election Day 2017— Winning like our lives depend on it. Because they do…” Medium. November 5, 2017. Accessed May 12, 2018. https://medium.com/@HeidiSpeaks/election-day-2017-winning-like-our-lives-depend-on-it-because-they-do-c6496264bcab.
  14. Shamus, Kristen Jordan. “Detroit’s Women’s Convention aims to ‘get real about fighting … oppression’.” USA Today. September 29, 2017. Accessed May 12, 2018. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/29/detroit-womens-convention/715657001/.
  15. #VOTEPROCHOICE (@voteprochoice). Instagram. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://www.instagram.com/voteprochoice/?hl=en.
  16. “Care Is Not Criminal.” #VOTEPROCHOICE. Accessed October 28, 2022. https://www.voteprochoice.us/care-is-not-criminal.
  17. Endorsements. Marie Newman. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://www.marienewmanforcongress.com/endorsements/.
  18. Caygle, Heather and Elena Schneider. “Lipinski Win Stings Liberals.” Politico. March 21, 2018. Accessed May 11, 2018. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/lipinski-illinois-democrats-liberals-479338.
  19. “Top Organizations Disclosing Donations to VoteProChoice PAC, 2022.” OpenSecrets, Accessed October 9, 2023. https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2022?cmte=C00571117&tab=donors
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