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The Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear an abortion case that could dismantle abortion protections and work against increased lobbying efforts made by pro-abortion rights groups to codify language laid out in Roe v. Wade.
Lobbying spending by pro-abortion rights groups spiked by 107 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period last year. Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit providing and lobbying for reproductive health care, spent roughly $854,000 last year and are set to outpace that spending, already having spent around $242,000 in the first quarter of 2021. The second major lobbying spender was the Center for Reproductive Rights, who have already spent roughly $150,000 this quarter.