Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Reuters reports:
A bill to safeguard access to contraceptives faces a U.S. Senate vote on Wednesday, part of a push by congressional Democrats to focus public attention on reproductive rights ahead of the November election but with little chance of passage.
The Right to Contraception Act, which would protect birth control access nationwide, is unlikely to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to pass in the chamber, where Democrats hold a narrow 51-49 majority.
House of Representatives Democrats said on Tuesday they would attempt a legislative maneuver to force a vote on the same bill the Senate is taking up, though they faced slim chance of success in the Republican-controlled chamber.
Read the full article. The campaign ads will be brutal, which is the entire point. Later today we’ll have a live stream of the vote if we get notice in time.
Today, I filed cloture on the motion to proceed to the Right to Contraception Act—led by Senators Markey and Hirono
We will vote this week on moving forward on this bill to codify the right to contraception
Dems are putting reproductive freedoms front and center in the Senate
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 3, 2024