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Interest groups help educate their members, the public at large, and government officials. To gain the attention of the policymakers they are trying to educate, interest groups need to provide them with information that is not easily obtained from other sources.
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), League of Women Voters, National Wildlife Federation; some groups oppose causes while others support them (i.e. National Right-to-Life Committee vs. National Abortion and Reproduction Rights Action League, NRA vs. Handgun Control, Inc.