Senate to Vote on 'Right to Contraception' Bill
Senate to Vote on 'Right to Contraception' Bill
The Facts
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The Senate is scheduled to vote the bill dubbed Right to Contraception Act on Wednesday, as part of a broader Democratic push to put Republicans on record on reproductive rights in the run-up to the November elections.
The Spin
...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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