Amazon, DoorDash and CVS Health are among major US companies publicly committed to supporting reproductive rights that have nonetheless contributed this year to a group supporting the re-election of Todd Rokita, the Republican attorney general of Indiana who supports a total abortion ban.
He was also reprimanded by his state supreme court for criticizing a doctor who provided an abortion for 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio.
The corporate donations, detailed in publicly available filings, were made to the Republican Attorneys General Association, or Raga, a “527 committee” – a tax-exempt political campaign group so-called in reference to the US tax code. It exists to funnel nationally donated funds into key state races.
In 2024, Amazon, Doordash and CVS Health between them have donated $425,000 to Raga. And Raga has given $255,000 to Rokita, who has also participated in a suit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over accommodations for workers receiving abortions; signed amicus briefs in a US supreme court challenge to Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone, an abortion pill; and sought access to private health records, in order to prosecute women seeking abortions.
Altria, AT&T and Comcast are also among major public companies that publicly support reproductive rights while donating to Raga, which supports campaigns for attorney general across the US. (In 2024, Altria has given $450,000, AT&T $125,000 and Comcast $125,000.)
Donations to Republican and Democratic 527 committees have long been tracked by the Center for Political Accountability, a Washington thinktank, which highlighted the donations to Raga and Rokita….