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(The Guardian) Democrats go on the offensive against Trump, GOP, over contraception access
Democrats are looking for an edge against Donald Trump, and are moving forward with plans to tie the ex-president and his Republican allies to efforts to cut off access to contraception.
Joe Biden’s campaign has seized on a vote by Louisiana’s Republican state lawmakers to reclassify two abortion drugs in a way that would make possessing them without a prescription a crime, calling it is a sign of policies to come if Trump is returned to the White House. “What’s happening right here in Louisiana is just one example of this dystopian agenda Trump and his allies are pushing,” Mitch Landrieu, the former New Orleans mayor who is a co-chair of Biden’s campaign, said in a call with reporters. “It’s a far cry from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who are standing up for women’s fundamental freedoms and leading a whole-of-government effort to protect and strengthen access to reproductive health care in the face of extreme Republican attacks. They are going to fight like hell to restore protections of Roe v Wade, and they will never allow a national abortion ban to become law.”
In the US Senate, Democratic majority leader Chuck Schumer announced the chamber would on Thursday vote on the Right to Contraception Act, which is intended to protect access to the medication. “Now more than ever, contraception is a critical piece of protecting women’s reproductive freedoms, standing as nothing short of a vital lifeline for millions of American women across the country,” Schumer said today in announcing the push. Senate legislation needs 60 votes to pass, and it is unclear if the measure will attract the Republican support necessary to clear that bar.
Democrats have benefited from public concern over reproductive rights generated by the supreme court’s 2022 ruling overturning Roe v Wade and allowing states to ban abortion. They are banking on that support emerging again in the November presidential election, though, as the Guardian’s Carter Sherman reports, not all abortion rights supporters are comfortable with that strategy.
www.theguardian.com
Democrats are looking for an edge against Donald Trump, and are moving forward with plans to tie the ex-president and his Republican allies to efforts to cut off access to contraception.
Joe Biden’s campaign has seized on a vote by Louisiana’s Republican state lawmakers to reclassify two abortion drugs in a way that would make possessing them without a prescription a crime, calling it is a sign of policies to come if Trump is returned to the White House. “What’s happening right here in Louisiana is just one example of this dystopian agenda Trump and his allies are pushing,” Mitch Landrieu, the former New Orleans mayor who is a co-chair of Biden’s campaign, said in a call with reporters. “It’s a far cry from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who are standing up for women’s fundamental freedoms and leading a whole-of-government effort to protect and strengthen access to reproductive health care in the face of extreme Republican attacks. They are going to fight like hell to restore protections of Roe v Wade, and they will never allow a national abortion ban to become law.”
In the US Senate, Democratic majority leader Chuck Schumer announced the chamber would on Thursday vote on the Right to Contraception Act, which is intended to protect access to the medication. “Now more than ever, contraception is a critical piece of protecting women’s reproductive freedoms, standing as nothing short of a vital lifeline for millions of American women across the country,” Schumer said today in announcing the push. Senate legislation needs 60 votes to pass, and it is unclear if the measure will attract the Republican support necessary to clear that bar.
Democrats have benefited from public concern over reproductive rights generated by the supreme court’s 2022 ruling overturning Roe v Wade and allowing states to ban abortion. They are banking on that support emerging again in the November presidential election, though, as the Guardian’s Carter Sherman reports, not all abortion rights supporters are comfortable with that strategy.
Abortion rights activists worry about Democrats piggybacking on the cause: ‘This is not a ploy’
Democrats’ glee about abortion becoming an electoral weapon could hurt key ballot initiatives, say advocates
www.theguardian.com
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