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Senate to Vote on 'Right to Contraception' Bill

Senate to Vote on 'Right to Contraception' Bill

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...The overturning of Roe v. Wade has unleashed chaos — no one understands anymore which contraception methods are allowed and whether states can revoke access to birth control. In face of such an extreme conservative push, it's pressing to enshrine existing protections such as Griswold v. Connecticut and Eisenstadt v. Baird into federal law.

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Metaculus Prediction

There's a 3% chance that elective abortion will be banned nationally in the United States before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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