Senate Republicans kill federal birth control protections

Photo caption: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on the Right to Contraception Act outside the U.S. Capitol on June 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. Photo credit: Kent Nishimura / Getty Images. Article by Griffin Eckstein. Salon – June 5, 2024.

Republicans in the Senate voted down a bill Wednesday to protect access to contraception at a federal level. The bill, sponsored by Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, would have curbed potential Republican-led states’ attempts to attack contraception access, including IUD devices, hormonal birth control, or Plan B. […]

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