Democrats are pushing legislation through the House that would inscribe the right to use contraceptives into law.
– The right to use contraceptives would be inscribed into law under a measure Democrats are pushing through the House, their latest campaign-season response to worries thatThe House planned to vote Thursday on the legislation and send it to the Senate, where its fate seemed uncertain.
In his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last month, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court should now review other precedents. He mentioned rulings that affirmed the rights ofin 2015, same-sex intimate relationships in 2003 and married couples' use of contraceptives in 1965. Thomas and congressional Republicans “are about one thing, control," said Rep. Kathy Manning, D-N.C., chief sponsor of the contraception bill, which has around 150 co-sponsors, all Democrats.“These extremists are working to take away the rights of women, to take away our right to decide when to have children, to take away our right to control our own lives and our own bodies. And we will not let this happen," she said.
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