Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaks with reporters as she departs the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 3, 2026. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)
Planned Parenthood’s political action committee says it will spend $600,000 on ads against Sen. Susan Collins — the organization’s biggest ad investment this cycle.
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Planned Parenthood Votes plans to use the ad campaign to criticize the Maine Republican, who is up for reelection, for voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who later supported the high court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
One of the ads, which has already been available on YouTube, features a Maine woman who said she regrets her vote for Collins.
“I can’t take my vote back, but I will not make the same mistake twice,” the woman in the ad says. “I’m done hoping Susan Collins will do the right thing.”
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Collins’ campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Collins’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
While Collins has said she disagrees with the court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which found the Constitution does not protect a right to abortions, she has also said she stands by her support for Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
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“I do not regret that vote,” she told reporters in June. Collins said she disagrees with the court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which found the Constitution does not protect a right to abortions.
Collins faces Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, who was nominated by Maine Democrats after the former nominee, Graham Platner, dropped out of the race over to sexual assault allegations, which he has denied.
The ad buy in Maine is part of Planned Parenthood Votes’ $47 million campaign this cycle.
In 2018, before Collins voted to confirm Kavanaugh, Planned Parenthood Action Fund also made a six-figure ad buy, launching spots urging Collins not to support him.
Planned Parenthood’s Maine Action Fund issued a press release in May 2025 backing Collins, saying, in part, “Mainers can count on Senator Susan Collins’ long record of supporting family planning programs.”
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