Dakotans for Health is filing paperwork that says it received a $500,000 donation from the political action committee called ‘Think Big America.’
The Chicago-based group is backed by Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
"We are extremely pleased that Think Big America, a group founded by Gov. Pritzker to help women fighting to restore abortion rights through ballot issues around the country, has decided to give South Dakota women a hand in their fight against the more than two million dollars contributed by Right to Life and their allies to those in favor of retaining South Dakota's total abortion ban," said Rick Weiland, the founder of Dakotans for Health, in a statement. That's the group bringing Constitutional Amendment G.
Pritzker’s wife, MK, is originally from South Dakota. She is the daughter of Ted and Karen Muenster and previously served on former South Dakota U.S. Senator Tom Daschle’s staff when he was majority leader.
The filing appeared on the Secretary of State's website on Friday. The half-million-dollar donation cuts the funding gap between Dakotans for Health and two anti-abortion rights groups in half. Dakotans for Health has now raised nearly $800,000.
In the last five months, both Life Defense Fund and No G for SD were able to raise $1.5 million to oppose Amendment G. Both groups has spent most of their campaign cash.
