After NARAL Pro-Choice America endorsed Andy Beshear for governor earlier today, robocalls started coming into the state attacking Beshear for his stance in support of women’s reproductive rights.

Forward Kentucky reached out to both the Adkins and Edelen campaigns, asking for a statement as to whether their campaign was involved in the robocall effort.

Courtney Daniel with the Adkins campaign said they were not involved, and had no idea who was behind the robocalls.

Matt Erwin with the Edelen campaign said “Absolutely not.” He, too, was not sure who or what organization was pushing the robocalls.

Nicole Erwin of the Kentucky Democratic Party said they had heard from several people who had gotten the calls. At this point, no group has taken responsibility.

If you receive one of these calls, please listen to the end and try to get any identification as to the source. Also, if you can get the phone number, that would be helpful as well. Please send any information you can about the robocalls to Tips@ForwardKY.com.

[UPDATE] – We had heard that the robocalls were coming from the Susan B. Anthony List, but had not been able to confirm that. We are adding that to the story now that two different commenters have said they also got calls identifying the calls as coming from the SBAL.

We have reached out to the media contact for the Susan B. Anthony List for a statement. If we receive one, we will share it.

[UPDATE #2] – One emailer noted that they got their first robocall on May 19, so the NARAL endorsement timing may just be coincidence.

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