Thu Sep 22, 2022 – 3:49 pm EDT
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – National Democrats appear to consider stoking fear about pro-life laws their best path to retaining control of Congress this fall, according to an analysis of advertising spending conducted by the Associated Press.
The AP reports that data from the research outfit AdImpact reveals Democrats have so far spent more than $124 million in 2022 on political ads mentioning abortion, a nearly twentyfold increase over the amount they spent on the same type of ads in the 2018 midterms. What’s more, the sum is larger than the Republican Party’s “combined national investment in ads relating to the economy, crime and immigration.”
By contrast, most of the “millions” Republicans have spent on abortion ads this year were “during the primary phase of the campaign this spring and summer as Republican candidates touted their anti-abortion credentials,” according to the report, with the number of spots touching the issue having “gone down each month since May.”
The discrepancy evidences a growing tension among Republicans as to how to navigate the new political
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