{"id":2261348,"date":"2024-06-06T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-block-dem-contraception-bill\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T13:07:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:07:24","slug":"senate-republicans-block-dem-contraception-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-block-dem-contraception-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans have blocked the Democratic contraception bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-republicans-block-dem-contraception-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261348&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Republicans blocked the Democratic bill \u2064on\u200b contraception rights, falling short of the three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-supreme-court-says-voter-id-amendment-may-be-invalid-because-of-racial-gerrymandering\/\" title=\"NC Supreme Court Says Voter ID Amendment May Be Invalid Because Of Racial Gerrymandering\">-fifths majority<\/a> to advance. The legislation aimed to protect access to\u2064 contraceptives and reproductive rights. Senator Schumer switched his vote to trigger a future motion on \u2063the bill. This move sets up a\u2064 vote on \u200dan IVF bill next week to\u200b highlight\u2063 Republican views on\u200b reproductive rights amidst a contentious \u2064debate in an election year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> Republicans blocked a Democrat bill that sought to codify the right to access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/contraception\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contraception<\/a> in federal law, with many arguing that it would infringe on religious and parental rights.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-one members, including two Republicans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1182\/vote_118_2_00190.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> to advance the legislation \u2014 an insufficient number to reach the three-fifths majority needed to break the filibuster. Thirty-eight Republicans voted against moving forward. Nine other GOP members and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-senator-bob-menendez-to-change-party-status-amid-his-corruption-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ)<\/a> did not vote.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1798457646502261075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">switched<\/a> his vote to \u201cNay,\u201d a move that allowed him to file a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/1798455388783964209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">motion to reconsider<\/a> the failed cloture vote at some point in the future. He has set up a vote next week for an IVF bill with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/transcript-majority-leader-chuck-schumer-delivers-remarks-at-press-conference-with-senate-democrats-after-senate-republicans-blocked-the-right-to-contraception-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated goal<\/a> of putting Republicans on the record on reproductive rights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/4381\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The contraception bill<\/a>, introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), would \u201cprotect an individual\u2019s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider\u2019s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrat lawmakers are pressing the birth control debate in a presidential election year. They argue Markey\u2019s legislation is necessary because the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> \u2014 a ruling that returned the issue of abortion access to the states \u2014\u00a0also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markey.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/markey-hirono-duckworth-statement-on-the-right-to-contraception-act-floor-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cthreatened\u201d<\/a> contraception.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rick-scott-joins-race-for-senate-gop-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">running<\/a> to become the next leader of the Senate GOP, led 21 of his Republican colleagues in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/2024\/6\/sen-rick-scott-leads-colleagues-in-slamming-democrats-attacks-on-religious-freedoms-parental-rights-political-games-on-contraception\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> that disparaged the contraception bill. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-campaign-requests-documents-from-some-vp-contenders-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contender<\/a> for former President Donald Trump\u2019s running mate in the 2024 election, was among them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no threat to access to contraception, which is legal in every state and required by law to be offered at no cost by health insurers, and it\u2019s disgusting that Democrats are fearmongering on this important issue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/21-house-republicans-vote-against-awarding-medals-to-all-police-who-were-at-january-6-riot\/\" title=\"21 House Republicans Vote Against Awarding Medals To All Police Who Were At January 6 Riot\">score cheap political points<\/a>,\u201d the GOP lawmakers said.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill infringes on the parental rights and religious liberties of some Americans and lets the federal government force religious institutions and schools, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-northern-calif-elementary-schools-reopen\/\" title=\"Some Northern Calif. elementary schools reopen\">public elementary schools<\/a>, to offer contraception like condoms to little kids,\u201d they added. \u201cIt\u2019s just another way for Democrats to use activist attorneys and our courts to advance their radical agenda and that is why we oppose this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair of GOP lawmakers who joined with the majority of Democrats and the independents who caucus with them voting to advance the legislation included Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a perfect bill,\u201d Murkowski <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lisamurkowski\/status\/1798457352930357587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a video posted to X. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a bill that has gone through committee. Leader Schumer has decided that he\u2019s just going to put it on the floor to move to it. That\u2019s a lousy process, actually. This is unfortunately yet another messaging bill \u2026 but if it is going to be a messaging bill, I want my message to be very clear: that a woman should have a right to contraception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill on Wednesday, aiming to enshrine contraception access as a federal right. The move sparked debates on religious and parental rights. 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