The House Democrats' campaign committee quickly jumped on that disparity, with spokesperson Helen Kalla saying her party will 'fight to protect women’s freedoms from the GOP’s sinister agenda.” Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.Įvery Democrat supported the legislation, while Republicans overwhelmingly opposed it by 195-8. “Women deserve the truth, not more fear and misinformation that forces an extreme agenda on the American people,' said Rep. They said it would lead to more abortions, which supporters deny, allow the use of drugs not yet fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration and force health care providers to offer contraceptives, even if that contradicted their religious beliefs. Thomas did not specify a 1972 decision that legalized the use of contraceptives by unmarried people as well, but Democrats say they consider that at risk as well. He mentioned rulings that affirmed the rights of same-sex marriage in 2015, same-sex intimate relationships in 2003 and married couples' use of contraceptives in 1965. In his opinion overturning Roe last month, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court should now review other precedents. Addressing fellow lawmakers, she added, “Women and girls across this country are watching you, and they want to know: Are you willing to stand up for them?” All of the bill's nearly 150 co-sponsors are Democrats. Kathy Manning, D-N.C., who sponsored the legislation. “This extremism is about one thing: control of women. Wade decision from 1973, the justices and GOP lawmakers are on track to go even further than banning abortions.

The bill is the latest example of Democrats latching onto their own version of culture war battles to appeal to female, progressive and minority voters by casting the court and Republicans as extremists intent on obliterating rights taken for granted for years.ĭemocrats said that with the high court recently overturning the landmark Roe v. The House's 228-195 roll call was largely along party lines and sent the measure to the Senate, where it seemed doomed. WASHINGTON - (AP) - The right to use contraceptives would be enshrined in law under a measure that Democrats pushed through the House on Thursday, their latest campaign-season response to concerns a conservative Supreme Court that already erased federal abortion rights could go further.

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