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In response to Senate Republicans blocking the Right to Contraception Act, <\/em>DNC National Press Secretary \u2068Emilia Rowland\u2069 released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYesterday, Senate Republicans showed the American people their real position on birth control by voting against protecting access to crucial contraceptive care. The overwhelming, bipartisan majority of Americans agree with Senate D<\/a>emocrats who fought to bring the Right to Contraception Act to the floor and voted unanimously to protect our rights against MAGA Republicans continuing down the warpath to a complete ban on reproductive freedom made possible by Donald Trump. We\u2019ll spend between now and November making sure that voters remember Democrats are on their side, while extreme Republicans attempt to gaslight voters about their extremism as they back 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

NEW: Senate Republicans BLOCKED the Right to Contraception Act, legislation introduced by Democrats to protect access to contraception against MAGA extremists hellbent on tearing it away.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cSenate Republicans blocked legislation Wednesday that would enshrine a federal right to access contraception, sinking the Democratic-led measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe vote on the Right To Contraception Act was 51-39, falling short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a filibuster and move the bill forward. Republicans said it was unnecessary because the use of birth control is already protected under Supreme Court precedent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again and again, Senate Republicans have refused to support legislation that protects access to contraception, while they peddle misinformation and gaslight voters claiming there\u2019s no threat to contraceptive access:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TIME<\/a>: \u201cSeveral Republicans seem to agree that Griswold should be reevaluated. Republican Senator Mike Braun<\/strong> of Indiana said that the states, not the courts, should decide the legality of a host of issues, including contraception.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201cThe Senate on Thursday struck down a controversial amendment that would allow any U.S. employer, not just those affiliated with a religious institution, to deny contraceptive health coverage to its employees based on religious or moral objections. The so-called \u2018Blunt amendment,\u2019 sponsored by Republican Senator Roy Blunt, failed in a 51-48 vote. Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio<\/strong> co-sponsored the measure.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cSeparately, Hawley <\/strong>served as a member of the legal team that argued the Hobby Lobby case before the US supreme court from 2011 to 2015. In that case, Hawley and others on the team argued that private companies should not be required to cover birth control methods that were \u2018more like abortifacients\u2019 because, they alleged, the contraception prevented an embryo from implanting in the uterus wall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iowa Capital Dispatch<\/a>: \u201cU.S. Senate Democrats tried to pass legislation Wednesday that would guarantee women can continue using contraception if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the long-standing precedent, the way it did with<\/p>\n\n\n\n

abortion. But Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst<\/strong> blocked their efforts by objecting to Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey\u2019s request for unanimous consent to pass the bill, saying the measure went too far. Under Senate procedures, no roll call vote was taken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triad City Beat<\/a>: \u201cOn July 21, he [Senator Ted Budd]<\/strong> voted against Rep. Kathy Manning\u2019s Right to Contraception Act, which ensures Americans\u2019 right to birth control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas Tribune<\/a>: \u201cThe U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would prevent states from banning birth control, though nearly the entire Republican delegation from Texas voted against it. \u2026 Senate Democrats introduced companion legislation earlier this week, which U.S. Sen. John Cornyn<\/strong>, R-Texas, dismissed as \u2018pure hysteria,\u2019 doubting the Supreme Court would actually repeal legal protections for contraceptives. \u2018It\u2019s not in jeopardy,\u2019 Cornyn told The Associated Press.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should Trump win this upcoming election, MAGA Republicans are gearing up to further their attacks on reproductive freedom, including access to contraception.<\/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

Axios<\/a>: \u201cThis is undeniably a Trump-driven operation.<\/strong> The biggest tell: Johnny McEntee \u2014 one of Trump’s closest White House aides, and his most fervent internal loyalty enforcer \u2014 is a senior adviser to Project 2025. One of the most powerful architects is Stephen Miller, a top West Wing adviser for the Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage Foundation<\/a>:\u201cConservatives have to lead the way in \u2026 ending<\/strong> \u2026 senseless use of birth control pills.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cTrump: It\u2019s up to states to monitor pregnancies, prosecute abortions\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Senate Republicans blocking the Right to Contraception Act, DNC National Press Secretary \u2068Emilia Rowland\u2069 released the following statement: \u201cYesterday, Senate Republicans showed the American people their real position on birth control by voting against protecting access to crucial contraceptive care. 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