The FFRF Action Fund is launching a renewed electoral partnership with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin (PPAWI) to fund early sustained voter outreach ahead of Wisconsin’s April elections and to build the foundation for legislative victories later in the year.
The initial focus is the election of Judge Chris Taylor to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in April. At the same time, the program is designed to identify, engage and mobilize voters who will also decide control of the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate this November.
This effort builds directly on the successful collaboration between the FFRF Action Fund and PPAWI during the April 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign and the fight over the GOP reconciliation bill. In that cycle, the FFRF Action Fund invested in PPAWI’s voter mobilization efforts targeting young voters and secular voters across the state. Every endorsed candidate from the FFRF Action Fund won in that cycle. That partnership showed that early investment and disciplined voter contact produce measurable electoral gains.
The new investment will expand PPAWI’s direct voter contact program, including canvassing voters who are motivated by abortion rights and protecting our civil rights under the First Amendment. By starting early in 2026 and maintaining outreach throughout the year, the program will strengthen turnout in April while building durable voter relationships that carry into the fall legislative elections.
“Wisconsin voters have demonstrated that they expect courts and lawmakers to respect reproductive freedom and uphold the separation of state and church,” says FFRF Action Fund President Annie Laurie Gaylor. “Our partnership with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin has delivered results before. We are investing early because we know sustained voter engagement is how you win Supreme Court races in April and secure legislative majorities in November.”
Marie Stolzenburg, director of organizing for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, emphasized the importance of year-round engagement.
“Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin engages voters early and consistently because the decisions made in April and in November are connected,” Stolzenburg says. “This partnership strengthens our ability to have direct conversations with voters across the state about the stakes in the Supreme Court race and the importance of electing lawmakers who will protect reproductive freedom.”
The voters contacted in the spring will also be central to determining control of the Wisconsin Legislature in November. By reaching voters early and sustaining outreach throughout the year, the partnership positions both organizations to help shape the electorate that will decide whether Wisconsin has pro-reproductive freedom and pro-separation of state and church majorities in the Assembly and Senate.
FFRF Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) organization that develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church. It also advocates for the rights and views of nonbelievers, endorses candidates for political office, and publicizes the views of elected officials concerning religious liberty issues.
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin (PPAWI) is the advocacy arm of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. PPAWI engages in legislative and educational activity and works to elect candidates to office that support these goals.