Go to Content Go to Navigation Go to Navigation Go to Site Search Homepage

Three Candidates Threatening Alaska Abortion Rights in 2022 

For Immediate Release: Oct. 4, 2022


ANCHORAGE, AK — Abortion rights are on the line in Alaska’s November election. Although abortion is currently legal in the state, anti-abortion extremist politicians are eyeing stripping away abortion rights and inserting themselves into private medical decisions. 

Mia Costello supported the nomination of Amy Coney Barret to the Supreme Court — her nomination being a key factor in the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Costello also sponsored a 2010 ballot initiative requiring minors notify their parents if they seek an abortion, an initiative that would put many young people in danger. 

Bart LeBon not only cosponsored a cruel 2020 “heartbeat bill” similar to the Texas law, he also voted to support an amendment eliminating Medicaid funding for abortion - hurting the people who need support the most.

Jim Matherly has been clear about his views: the people of Alaska shouldn’t have a right to abortion care. And his barbaric views don’t stop there. He has also publicly mocked sexual assault survivors, vetoed a resolution establishing basic LGBTQ+ non-discrimination protections in Fairbanks, supported anti-transgender bills and continued to build out his good ol’ boys club at the police station. 

“Abortion rights are not safe in the hands of people like Costello, LeBon and Matherly,” said Rose O'Hara-Jolley, Alaska State Director for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates. “We have to do everything in our power to keep anti-abortion politicians out of office and strike down a harmful constitutional convention. The stakes have never been higher and the threats to our rights are real.”

All people, regardless of where we live or what we look like, deserve to be able to make the best health care choices for ourselves and our families. The decision of when and if to become a parent is one of the most important many of us will make in life. We must defend this right. 

This page is controlled and operated by Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates.

Planned Parenthood cares about your data privacy. We and our third-party vendors use cookies and other tools to collect, store, monitor, and analyze information about your interaction with our site to improve performance, analyze your use of our sites and assist in our marketing efforts. You may opt out of the use of these cookies and other tools at any time by visiting Cookie Settings. By clicking “Allow All Cookies” you consent to our collection and use of such data, and our Terms of Use. For more information, see our Privacy Notice.

Cookie Settings

Planned Parenthood cares about your data privacy. We and our third-party vendors, use cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies to collect, store, monitor, and process certain information about you when you access and use our services, read our emails, or otherwise engage with us. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences, or your device. We use that information to make the site work, analyze performance and traffic on our website, to provide a more personalized web experience, and assist in our marketing efforts. We also share information with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners. You can change your default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our Necessary Cookies as they are deployed to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information, please see our Privacy Notice.

Marketing

On

We use online advertising to promote our mission and help constituents find our services. Marketing pixels help us measure the success of our campaigns.

Performance

On

We use qualitative data, including session replay, to learn about your user experience and improve our products and services.

Analytics

On

We use web analytics to help us understand user engagement with our website, trends, and overall reach of our products.