Release: Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorses Sarah McBride for Congress
3rd Major Endorsement from National Abortion Rights Organization Affirms McBride’s Credentials as a Pro-Choice Champion
Wilmington, DE— Congressional candidate for Delaware’s at-large district and State Senator Sarah McBride has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the nation’s leading reproductive rights organization backed by more than 7 million advocates working to advance access to sexual health care and defend reproductive rights. Affirming her credentials as a pro-choice champion and the only candidate in this race with a proven record on reproductive freedom, this is the third major endorsement from a national abortion rights organization for McBride, who has also earned the endorsement of EMILYs List and Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Delaware President April Thomas Jones said of the news, “Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Delaware is thrilled that Planned Parenthood Action Fund has endorsed Sarah in her bid to be the next Congresswoman of Delaware. Sarah has been a stalwart supporter of reproductive rights her entire career. At a time when threats to reproductive rights are at an all-time high, we must elect leaders like Sarah who have a record of standing tall for access to abortion and comprehensive reproductive care.”
"I’m honored to be endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund,” said McBride. “We have made great progress in Delaware on reproductive freedom, but, make no mistake, the right to access abortion care in our state remains at risk without Congressional action enshrining the right to choose under federal law. Just as I have done in the State Senate, I will be an unyielding champion for reproductive freedom in Congress, working every day to make access to the full range of reproductive care a right and a reality for all who need it. Defending everyone’s right to comprehensive healthcare has long been a pillar of my public service and that will always include fighting for reproductive healthcare.”
McBride has been endorsed by several Delaware elected officials including Attorney General Kathy Jennings, State Auditor Lydia York, former Lt. Governor and Attorney General Matt Denn and more than twenty Delaware elected officials, community organizers, labor leaders and community and national advocacy organizations.
Other organizations that announced their support of Senator McBride include:
UFCW Local 27
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
Association of Flight Attendants
Reproductive Freedom for All
EMILYs List
Shore Democrats
Delaware Stonewall PAC
End Citizens United / Let America Vote
Elect Democratic Women (EDW)
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Human Rights Campaign
LPAC
The Congressional Equality PAC
Victory Fund
Next50
ABOUT SARAH MCBRIDE
Sarah McBride represents roughly 50,000 Delawareans in the First State Senate District, which includes parts of Wilmington and Brandywine Hundred. Sarah grew up in Wilmington and has been advocating for her community for decades. She worked for former Governor Jack Markell, the late Attorney General Beau Biden, and served in the Obama White House. Most recently, she served as the national spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ equal rights organization.
When McBride was elected in November 2020, she became the first openly transgender state senator in American history. In just her first term, McBride passed the landmark Healthy Delaware Families Act, providing paid family and medical leave to workers throughout the First State and marking the largest expansion of Delaware's social safety net in decades. She also passed legislation expanding access to health care, requiring mental health and media literacy education in public schools, promoting green technologies, preventing lead poisoning in youth, and protecting workers and families.
McBride currently serves as chair of the Senate Health & Social Services Committee and is a member of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, Education Committee, Banking, Business, Insurance, and Technology Committee, and Executive Committee.
Sarah married her late husband Andrew Cray in 2014 and is the proud aunt of seven. She is a graduate of Cab Calloway School of the Arts and American University. McBride has taught public policy at the University of Delaware and is the author of the 2018 memoir, “Tomorrow Will Be Different,” which includes a foreword from President Joe Biden.
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