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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is planning a vote on a “constitutional right to contraception” in an election-year move aimed at preserving Democratic control of the Senate.
House Minority Leader Schumer is expected to push for a vote on the contraceptive rights bill next month. The bill likely won’t pass because most Republicans oppose it, but Majority Leader Schumer wants to put senators from opposing parties on the record about access to contraception and birth control in an election year. reported the New York Times.
The bill’s text reads: “Provides statutory protections for individuals’ rights of access and health care providers’ rights to provide contraceptive and related information.”
“This is a clear political vote that puts every Republican on the record whether they believe in a constitutional right to contraception,” said Sen. Edward Markey (Mass.), the bill’s lead sponsor. told the New York Times.
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WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 21: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on May 21, 2024. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) held a press conference on reproductive rights. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Senate Republicans blocked Markey’s attempt last year to pass the bill without debate, arguing that it could apply to abortion-inducing drugs, not just contraceptives. .
Replicating a strategy used after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Senate Democrats are attacking Republicans not only on abortion, but also on birth control and access to contraceptives.
Schumer hosted a press conference outside the Capitol on Tuesday dedicated to Planned Parenthood doctors discussing “how the Republican abortion ban is hurting health care providers and worsening access to care for millions of people.” He argued that “far-right Republicans are working systematically to dismantle a woman’s fundamental right to choose, and have been doing so for decades.”
“So we come here today to say clearly that Democrats stand with women and our health care workers,” Schumer said. “We will never, never stop fighting these Republican attacks. We will never, never stop fighting to take back these rights from far-right extremists who want to impose their views on a country that overwhelmingly does not agree with them.”
The planned vote comes after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) earlier this month vetoed a contraceptive access bill approved by the Democratic-controlled state Legislature, saying at the time, “We support access to this. But we cannot do that.” Trampling on the religious freedom of Virginians. ” He said access to contraception is already protected by the Constitution.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.) and President Biden during a Jewish American Heritage Month reception held in the White House Rose Garden on Monday, May 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Schumer directly attacked former President Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, on Tuesday.
“The most extreme elements of the Republican Party have made it clear that their mission is to eliminate this freedom of choice,” Schumer said. “And let’s not forget that Donald Trump said just a few weeks ago that he was ‘proud’ to be the person who paved the way for overturning Roe. No doubt, if he becomes president, , will do it again. That’s why the word President Trump used was “proud.” He’s not even trying to hide it. It opened the door to strict and cruel prohibitions on choice.”
On May 21, 2024, former President Donald Trump speaks to the media while on trial in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of concealing hush money payments. Trump said he would not advocate restricting contraception. (Curtis Means Pool/Getty Images)
But on Tuesday, Trump outlined his position in a TRUTH social post, making clear that he would not seek to restrict access to contraceptives if he returned to office.
“I have never advocated for, and will never advocate for, restrictions on birth control or any other form of birth control,” Trump wrote. “This is a lie, misinformation/disinformation invented by the Democrats because they know no way out except failure, poverty and death. I do not support bans on birth control, and neither do the Republicans!”
The Times had earlier reported that Trump did not clarify his position on the issue during an interview with CBS affiliate KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Asked Monday if he supported “restricting individual contraceptive rights,” Trump told KDKA, “We’re looking at that and we’re going to have a policy on that very soon.”
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“And this is another issue that I think you’ll find interesting, and it’s very interesting, but I think you’ll find it very wise. I think it’s a wise decision,” he said.
Asked at the time whether he supported the restrictions, Trump added: “You know, it really depends on each state. Some states may have different policies than others.” Ta.
