Senate To Vote Wednesday On Protecting Birth Control

Axios reports:

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the chamber will vote on a bill to protect a person’s ability to access contraceptives this Wednesday. Schumer wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter released Sunday: “Democrats will be putting reproductive freedoms front and center.”

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in concurring opinion overturning Roe v. Wade that the bench should reconsider “all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents,” including those guaranteeing birth control access and marriage equality.

Read the full article. The point, perhaps obviously, is to get Republicans on the record for campaign ads.

Schumer today announced a Senate vote on a contraception access bill for Wednesday: “Before the break,I began the process for the Senate to consider the Right to Contraception Act, led by Sens. Markey & Hirono.Members should expect to vote on that legislation on Wed. this week.” https://t.co/kxsD35TC2x pic.twitter.com/ln1Lacynwe

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