Press Release
Reproductive Freedom for All Launches Another Ad Buy Targeting Representative Juan Ciscomani for Voting to Slash Medicaid and Defund Planned Parenthood for Arizonians
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 2, 2025
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Reproductive Freedom for All Launches Another Ad Buy Targeting Representative Juan Ciscomani for Voting to Slash Medicaid and Defund Planned Parenthood for Arizonians
Washington, DC — Reproductive Freedom for All is launching a five-figure ad buy in Arizona in response to Representative Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) voting to defund Planned Parenthood and cut $880 billion in Medicaid funding, leaving millions of Arizonans without access to care. This announcement comes on the heels of Reproductive Freedom for All announcing an additional five-figure ad-buy targeting four vulnerable House Republicans, including Rep. Ciscomani, and is part of the larger six-figure ad buy to hold House Republicans accountable.
The ad directly calls out Rep. Ciscomani’s role as the deciding vote on the extreme GOP budget bill, backed by President Trump, that will gut Medicaid, which over 1.4 million Arizonans rely on, ultimately putting cancer screenings, birth control, STI testing, and maternal health care on the chopping block. Additionally, this ad highlights the budget bill’s efforts to “defund” Planned Parenthood, which serves 90,000 Arizonans annually. The GOP budget would slash access to care for hundreds of thousands of people, and could potentially shut down one of the state’s seven health care centers.
You can view the ads here.
Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement in response:
“Representative Ciscomani has made it clear he cares more about tax breaks for billionaires than protecting Arizonans’ access to health care. We will hold him accountable for slashing Medicaid and Planned Parenthood funding, both vital safety nets for millions of Arizonans.”
Reproductive Freedom for All Director of Arizona Campaigns Athena Salman released the following statement:
“Rep. Ciscomani is deeply out of touch with his district. Arizonans deserve a leader who will prioritize lowering costs and making health care affordable and accessible. This vote directly impacts Arizonans’ access to vital health care and will defund Planned Parenthood, which provides necessary reproductive services throughout our communities. Arizona overwhelmingly supports access to reproductive freedom, and we will make sure that Arizonans know that the GOP and Rep. Cisconmani are responsible.”
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For over 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.