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Nebraska Sen. Ricketts donates $500K to anti-abortion ballot campaign

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts donated $500,000 to a conservative effort in Nebraska to ban most abortions after the first trimester.
The group, Protect Women and Children, solely relies on Ricketts' contribution as per their March filing.
The initiative aims to amend Nebraska's constitution to restrict abortions after 12 weeks, drawing contrasting views on women's health and bodily autonomy.

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The Hill

Nebraska Sen. Ricketts donates $500K to anti-abortion ballot campaign

The conservative effort to put an abortion ban on the ballot in Nebraska has been bankrolled entirely to date by Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.). Ricketts donated $500,000 in cash on March 26 to the group Protect Women and Children, according to its campaign finance report filed with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission. The group…

15 days ago·Washington, United States

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UPI

Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts donates $500,000 to abortion ban ballot initiative

Nebraska's Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts has donated $500,000 to a plan to put an abortion ban on November's ballot, according to recent paperwork filed with the state's Accountability and Disclosure Commission.

15 days ago·Washington, United States

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KETV

Nebraska Sen. Ricketts donates $500,000 to new anti-abortion initiative

According to a state filing, Sen. Ricketts donated half a million dollars in March 2024.

16 days ago·Omaha, United States

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Lincoln Journal Star

Sen. Pete Ricketts donates $500K to Nebraska's 12-week abortion ban ballot campaign

Sen. Pete Ricketts is backing an effort to enshrine a 12-week abortion ban in Nebraska's constitution two years after he supported a total ban without exceptions for rape or incest.

15 days ago·Cherokee County, United States

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Nebraska Examiner

Sen. Pete Ricketts funds competing abortion ban petition effort

LINCOLN — U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts is bankrolling a conservative ballot effort to ban abortions in the Nebraska constitution after the first trimester, or 13 weeks of pregnancy. Ricketts, R-Neb.,

16 days ago

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1011now.com

‘Protect Women and Children’ gets $500,000 donation from Nebraska senator

As two competing groups work to get their initiatives on the November ballot, one has been collecting money since last summer and the other just got a big check from Sen. Pete Ricketts.

15 days ago

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