(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday which Democrats have hailed as the protector of the “right to contraception.”
Pro-life advocates warn that the Right to Contraception Act is a Trojan horse bill, which has been used to push infringements on religious freedom, The Daily Wire reported.
“This bill isn’t about codifying a right, but weaponizing hysteria against Clarence Thomas in an attempt to salvage the November election and distract from Democrat failures,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Tex, who voted against the legislation, warned.
“This rushed legislation would overturn commonsense conscience laws to increase distribution of chemical abortion pills and other abortifacients through vague language and a hurried legislative process.”
The Right to Contraception Act claims to “protect a person’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.”
Eight Republican Reps. voted for the bill: Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, John Katko of New York, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Fred Upton of Michigan and Maria Salazar of Florida.
“It is outrageous — we keep using that word — 60 years after Griswold was decided, 60 years after Griswold, women must again fight for our basic right to birth control against an extremist Republican Party,” Pelosi said Wednesday, according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Let us be clear: We are not going back. For our daughters or granddaughters, we are not going back.”
The Right to Contraception Act would usurp the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List wrote a letter to those who voted for the bill, warning it would score against them.
“Nancy Pelosi and pro-abortion Democrats will stop at nothing to ensure the abortion industry led by Planned Parenthood has a steady flow of taxpayer dollars to prop up their brutal business.” Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said, dubbing the legislation the “Payouts for Planned Parenthood Act.”
“Abortion is violence and no health care provider should ever be forced to be complicit.”
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