UNL athletes featured in campaign ads for 434

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Protect Women and Children campaign launched two new ads that feature University of Nebraska-Lincoln athletes encouraging Nebraskans to vote for initiative 434 and against 439.

These ads feature UNL volleyball athlete Rebekah Allick and softball athletes Jordyn Bahl, Hannah Camenzind, Lauren Camenzind, Abbie Squier and Malia Thoms. The athletes were featured in two different ad lengths, a 30 second ad and a 60 second ad.

Initiative 434 is on the Nov. 5 ballot as the Prohibit Abortions After the First Trimester Amendment, while initiative 439 is on the same ballot as the Right to Abortion Initiative.

"With out-of-state activists lying about the radical Initiative 439, my teammates and I knew it was time to get off the bench and tell the truth about how 439 would harm Nebraska women and children," Bahl said. "Nebraskans should vote for four and no on nine to protect Nebraska women and children."

"Initiative 439 is dangerous," Allick said. "439 forces taxpayer funding of abortion, places women's care in the hands of non-physicians, and puts Nebraska women at risk. 434 defends women from abuse, trafficking and coercion. Nebraskans vote for 434 and no on 439."