{"id":1028449,"date":"2023-12-06T16:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028449"},"modified":"2024-05-16T18:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:11:49","slug":"as-biden-harris-administration-safeguards-access-to-contraception-trump-and-2024-republicans-attack-womens-freedoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-biden-harris-administration-safeguards-access-to-contraception-trump-and-2024-republicans-attack-womens-freedoms\/","title":{"rendered":"As Biden-Harris Administration Safeguards Access to Contraception, Trump and 2024 Republicans Attack Women\u2019s Freedoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Following Vice President Harris\u2019s meeting with university and college presidents on access to contraception, <\/em>DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and other MAGA Republicans are tripling down on their support for ripping away health care coverage from millions of Americans and undermine reproductive rights, President Biden and Vice President Harris are fighting back against MAGA Republicans\u2019 crusade against allowing women to make their own decisions about if and when they have a family. From backing the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which guarantees women access to contraception coverage at no cost, to supporting extreme abortion bans, the 2024 Republican field is coming after women\u2019s freedoms \u2014 it\u2019s been a losing issue for Republicans and will continue to be one next year.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, Vice President Harris attended a meeting with university and college presidents on access to contraception \u2014 which comes after President Biden signed an executive order on strengthening contraception access.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House<\/a>: \u201cToday, Vice President Kamala Harris met with officials from 68 colleges and universities in 32 states to discuss ongoing efforts to protect access to contraception for college students. \u2026 University leaders spoke about strides they are making in protecting and expanding access to contraception for their students and shared strategies that have been successful in improving access on campus. \u2026 Today\u2019s convening also follows a series of meetings about reproductive rights that Vice President Harris has held with students and young leaders in every part of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White House Fact Sheet<\/a>: \u201cPresident Biden Issues Executive Order on Strengthening Access to Contraception\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, President Biden will issue an Executive Order on Strengthening Access to Affordable, High-Quality Contraception and Family Planning Services. This will be the third Executive Order on reproductive health care access that the President has signed since the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, and the first focused specifically on protecting and expanding access to contraception.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every 2024 Republican has suggested they would try to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a move that would raise costs and jeopardize access to contraception coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cTrump<\/strong> Revives Plan to Dismantle Obamacare if Elected in 2024\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Heath<\/a>: \u201c\u2026They’re going ahead and saying you would repeal the Affordable Care Act, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/strong>: \u201c…It’s not about one small policy of, you know, Affordable Care Act. It’s about fixing the entire health care system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC<\/a>: \u201cRon DeSantis<\/strong> joins the Republican campaign to tear down the ACA\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christie<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cIt’s about delivering on issues that voters care about. So the fact is that they care deeply about Obamacare. And Donald Trump promised them he’d repeal and replace it. He had a Republican Congress. He didn’t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cI think Obamacare has been a disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Affordable Care Act ensures all women have contraception coverage at no cost, and repealing this landmark legislation would affect birth control access and affordability for millions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planned Parenthood Action Fund<\/a>: \u201cIn the days before Obamacare became law, many people had to pay out-of-pocket for basic preventive health care like breast cancer screenings, Pap tests, and birth control \u2014 costing them hundreds of dollars a year or more. In fact, before the ACA\u2019s birth control benefit went into effect, contraception accounted for 30% to 44% of women\u2019s out-of-pocket health care costs. Because of all this, much-needed preventive, reproductive health care was out of reach for far too many people. The ACA helped change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the most immediate changes for reproductive health was the ACA\u2019s birth control benefit, which ensured that nearly 63 million women now have birth control without a copay, and helped women save an estimated $1.4 billion on the pill in the ACA\u2019s first year alone. Today, millions of women, families, and young people are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act \u2014 and millions more will benefit as the law continues to be implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump weakened the ACA\u2019s contraception mandate as president, and his allies are drafting a plan to undermine it even further if he returns to power.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump administration weakens Obamacare birth control coverage mandate\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the new rules, the Trump administration says the Affordable Care Act does not explicitly require coverage of contraceptives. The administration lists health risks that it says may be associated with the use of certain contraceptives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project 2025 policy agenda<\/a>: \u201cRestore Trump religious and moral exemptions to the contraceptive mandate (also a CMS rule). HHS should rescind, if finalized, the regulation titled \u2018Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act,\u2019 proposed jointly by HHS, Treasury, and Labor. This rule proposes to amend Trump-era final rules regarding religious and moral exemptions and accommodations for coverage of certain preventive services under the ACA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project 2025 policy agenda<\/a>: \u201cEliminate the week-after-pill from the contraceptive mandate as a potential abortifacient. One of the emergency contraceptives covered under the HRSA preventive services guidelines is Ella (ulipristal acetate). Like its close cousin, the abortion pill mifepristone, Ella is a progesterone blocker and can prevent a recently fertilized embryo from implanting in a woman\u2019s uterus. HRSA should eliminate this potential abortifacient from the contraceptive mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis has used his gubernatorial power to block access to birth control for low-income Floridians.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay Times<\/a>: \u201cAmid abortion battle, DeSantis vetoes birth-control funding \u2014 again\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Gov. Ron DeSantis slashed $3 billion from the state\u2019s budget Thursday, one ill-fated item sounded familiar: Just as he did last year, DeSantis vetoed $2 million meant to help low-income people access long-acting birth control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WTSP<\/a>: \u201cAmong the many line items vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis was $2 million for a birth control program aimed at helping low-income women. The Hormonal Long-acting Reversible Contraception (HLARC) Program was struck from the state budget. The program would have been used to provide contraceptive care to women and girls from low-income areas across Florida. According to Planned Parenthood, an example of an HLARC would include contraceptives such as an IUC or implant. \u2018LARCs are the most effective forms of reversible birth control. They’re safe and effective for most women and teens, and can be removed at any time at a health center if you’re ready to get pregnant,\u2019 according to its website.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley praised efforts to weaken and eliminate the ACA\u2019s contraception mandate and suggested that women do not care about access to contraception.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cWomen don\u2019t care about contraception.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley had a tense appearance on ABC\u2019s \u2018The View\u2019 Tuesday that peaked when she suggested that women don\u2019t care about the politics of contraception and blamed the media for spotlighting the issue. \u2018All of my policy is not based on a label,\u2019 she said when \u2018View\u2019 co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked how the governor carries the torch for conservative Republican women.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post and Courier<\/a>: \u201cGov. Nikki Haley praises U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s controversial birth control decision\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley praised this week\u2019s U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that said a family-owned company does not have to offer birth control to its employees. Haley, a Republican running for re-election and the Palmetto State\u2019s first female governor, said the court\u2019s decision in the Hobby Lobby case is one in a string of recent decisions that shows that Obama administration initiatives can\u2019t be shoved down people\u2019s throats \u2026 \u2018This was a family-owned business,\u2019 Haley said of Hobby Lobby. \u2018They have the right to decide what they want to offer. This is what this country is all about.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following Vice President Harris\u2019s meeting with university and college presidents on access to contraception, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:  \u201cWhile Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and other MAGA Republicans are tripling down on their support for ripping away health care coverage from millions of Americans and undermine reproductive rights, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAs Biden-Harris Administration Safeguards Access to Contraception, Trump and 2024 Republicans Attack Women\u2019s Freedoms - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-biden-harris-administration-safeguards-access-to-contraception-trump-and-2024-republicans-attack-womens-freedoms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-06T16:49:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-16T18:11:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-biden-harris-administration-safeguards-access-to-contraception-trump-and-2024-republicans-attack-womens-freedoms\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-biden-harris-administration-safeguards-access-to-contraception-trump-and-2024-republicans-attack-womens-freedoms\/\",\"name\":\"As Biden-Harris Administration Safeguards Access to Contraception, Trump and 2024 Republicans Attack Women\u2019s Freedoms - 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