Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is planning to focus on reproductive rights next month, with a particular emphasis on protecting access to contraception. Schumer aims to fast-track the Right to Contraception Act (S.4381), which is led by Senators Ed Markey and Mazie Hirono. The bill seeks to codify and strengthen the constitutional right to contraception nationwide. This legislative push is part of a broader effort by Democrats to highlight Republicans' opposition to reproductive rights, coinciding with the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision. The move is also seen as a strategic effort to set up a campaign issue for the fall elections. The bill has been added to the Senate calendar, following recent comments by former President Trump on contraception.
The Senate has begun to consider the Right to Contraception Act led by @SenMarkey and @MazieHirono. @SenateDems will fight to protect access to contraception and other reproductive freedoms essential for millions of women to control their own lives and bodies.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the Senate will vote next month on legislation to protect women’s access to contraception, setting up a campaign issue for the fall. https://t.co/eFdTNKopa7
Schumer announced from the floor this am the Senate will vote on the Right to Contraception Act in June It’s part of the reproductive rights blitz Dems are planning for next month — timed around the 2-year anniversary of Dobbs, as @axios reported https://t.co/uubw8rHz7B
Schumer this morning fast-tracked the Right to Contraception Act (S.4381), legislation to protect access to contraception nationwide, to the Senate calendar under Rule 14 for future floor debate and votes. https://t.co/YGXcLX6rNl
Schumer: “Yesterday, we began the process for the Senate to consider the Right to Contraception Act” The Markey/Hirono bill would codify and strengthen the right to contraception Also follows Trump comments on contraception yesterday
Schumer plans vote on 'constitutional right to contraception' in bid to protect Senate Democrat majority https://t.co/Hmz5SGFy9w
New: Schumer plans to fast-track a Senate vote on a bill to protect access to contraception nationwide, the start of an election-year push to highlight Republicans’ record of opposing reproductive rights that voters view as at risk of being stripped away. https://t.co/mZBS1R2oLn
NEW: Schumer is planning to zero in on reproductive rights next month — potentially forcing Republicans to take tough votes on issues such as contraception and in vitro fertilization https://t.co/uubw8rHz7B
MEW: Schumer is planning to zero in on reproductive rights next month — potentially forcing Republicans to take tough votes on issues such as contraception and in vitro fertilization https://t.co/uubw8rHz7B
SCOOP: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is planning to zero in on reproductive rights next month — potentially forcing Republicans to take tough votes on issues such as contraception and in vitro fertilization. https://t.co/bAKBPC6mao