{"id":1034626,"date":"2024-06-05T18:24:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1034626"},"modified":"2024-06-05T18:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:24:04","slug":"republicans-anti-contraception-extremism-put-on-record-today-as-democrats-are-fighting-to-protect-the-right-to-contraception-for-all-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-anti-contraception-extremism-put-on-record-today-as-democrats-are-fighting-to-protect-the-right-to-contraception-for-all-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans\u2019 Anti-Contraception Extremism Put on Record Today as Democrats are Fighting to Protect the Right to Contraception for All Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ahead of the Senate\u2019s vote on the Right to Contraception Act, <\/em>DNC National Press Secretary \u2068Emilia Rowland\u2069 released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, every Senate Republican will be forced to show their constituents and the American people that they are completely unwilling to protect access to birth control and crucial contraceptive care that tens of millions of Americans rely on. Democrats in the Senate are fighting to protect reproductive freedom and contraception access, and a majority of Americans agree<\/a>. As November approaches, voters will know Democrats are on their side, while extreme Republicans are backing Trump\u2019s plans to strip away our basic rights, threaten our health care, and subject women to a reality where we have less reproductive freedom than our mothers and grandmothers had decades ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Democrats are standing up for reproductive freedom while extreme MAGA Republicans continue their relentless attacks on personal freedoms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cMajority Leader Chuck Schumer said his chamber will vote Wednesday on legislation aimed at ensuring a women\u2019s right to obtain birth control\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Democrats will never relent until we reverse the immense damage MAGA Republicans and the Supreme Court have inflicted,<\/strong>\u2019 Schumer wrote, \u2018and we remain absolutely committed to doing everything we can to protect women, families, and reproductive freedom.\u2019<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201c\u200b\u200bThe Democratic leader began the process for the Senate to consider the Right to Contraception Act sponsored by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bill would guarantee the legal right for individuals to get and use contraception and for health care providers to provide contraception, information, referrals and services related to contraception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt would also prohibit the federal government and any state from administering or enforcing any law, rule or regulation to prohibit or restrict the sale or use of contraception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd it would allow the Justice Department, providers and individuals harmed by restrictions on contraception to go to court to enforce those rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19th News<\/a>: \u201cDemocrats in Congress run full-court press on reproductive rights ahead of Dobbs anniversary\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cScoop: Senate Democrats plot reproductive-rights blitz\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biden-Harris administration is defending reproductive freedom at every turn. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cThe Biden administration announced new steps Monday to expand access to contraception, abortion medication and emergency abortion care at hospitals on what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cBiden administration announces new abortion initiatives on Roe anniversary\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cBiden administration moves to shield patients\u2019 abortion records from GOP threats\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s be clear: Trump and MAGA Republicans are on a warpath to restrict women\u2019s access to reproductive health care. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cInside the MAGA Plan to Attack Birth Control, Surveil Women and Ban the Abortion Pill\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe attacks on mifepristone and resurrection of Comstock stand out as particularly harmful proposals, but they are only two of the dozens of ways the Republicans behind Project 2025 envision restricting access to abortion and contraception if they win the White House next year.<\/strong> Elsewhere in the document, there are proposals to eliminate the morning-after pill from the Affordable Care Act\u2019s contraceptive mandate under the rationale that it is a \u2018potential abortifacient.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer<\/a>: \u201cDo you support any restrictions on a person\u2019s right to contraception?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cWell we\u2019re looking at that, and I\u2019m going to have a policy on that very shortly and I think it\u2019s something that you\u2019ll find interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer<\/a>: \u201cAre you comfortable if states decide to punish women who access abortions after the procedure is banned?\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump: \u201cAgain, that\u2019s going to be\u2014I don’t have to be comfortable or uncomfortable. The states are going to make that decision. The states are going to have to be comfortable or uncomfortable, not me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[…]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer: \u201cProsecuting women for getting abortions after the ban. But are you comfortable with it?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cThe states are going to say. It\u2019s irrelevant whether I\u2019m comfortable or not. It’s totally irrelevant, because the states are going to make those decisions.<\/strong>\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer<\/a>: \u201cThat suggests that you may want to support some restrictions? Like the morning after pill or something?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cWe are also\u2013 You know, things really do have a lot to do with the states. And some states are going to have different policies than others.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions<\/a>: \u201cRepublican Senator Blocks Bill to Codify Americans\u2019 Right to Contraception\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahead of the Senate\u2019s vote on the Right to Contraception Act, DNC National Press Secretary \u2068Emilia Rowland\u2069 released the following statement: \u201cToday, every Senate Republican will be forced to show their constituents and the American people that they are completely unwilling to protect access to birth control and crucial contraceptive care that tens of millions […]<\/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-1034626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRepublicans\u2019 Anti-Contraception Extremism Put on Record Today as Democrats are Fighting to Protect the Right to Contraception for All Americans - 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\/republicans-anti-contraception-extremism-put-on-record-today-as-democrats-are-fighting-to-protect-the-right-to-contraception-for-all-americans\/\" \/>\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=\"2024-06-05T18:24:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-05T18:24:04+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=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-anti-contraception-extremism-put-on-record-today-as-democrats-are-fighting-to-protect-the-right-to-contraception-for-all-americans\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-anti-contraception-extremism-put-on-record-today-as-democrats-are-fighting-to-protect-the-right-to-contraception-for-all-americans\/\",\"name\":\"Republicans\u2019 Anti-Contraception Extremism Put on Record Today as Democrats are Fighting to Protect the Right to Contraception for All Americans - 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