Abortion rights group starts advocacy campaign aimed at men
The digital media campaign from Personal PAC includes the
The effort also is part of Personal PAC's advocacy for
The campaign's title is "CallBulls---," with the full word spelled out -- or "CallBS" for short. It launched with a six-week digital media campaign featuring
Organizers say more than
But that name?
"That's how this whole thing evolved," said
Men4Choice, Jacobson said, is a 2-year-old group that has traditionally played a resource and partnership role with Personal PAC,
Personal PAC CEO
"Increasingly, we found men in general asking what they could do, what's their role. We decided to give men a space to get involved and take action," he said.
The effort is being launched while the Democrat-controlled
The measure also would remove restrictions on the use of taxpayer-subsidized state funding for elective abortions for poor women under Medicaid and also provide abortion coverage to state workers under the group insurance program.
Rauner as a first-time candidate for governor in 2014 signed a questionnaire from Personal PAC backing the goals of the legislation. In the questionnaire, Rauner said: "I dislike the
But in April, Rauner called the legislation "very divisive" and contended it was approved as a political diversion to take "focus" off his agenda and his fight with
Though the legislation passed the
"I think we've tapped into a nerve here," Cosgrove said of the program. "I'm semi-thinking there's going to be some national interest too. We're growing something good."
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