Reproductive rights — including access to contraception — have emerged as a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential race. In
Republican legislatures “have targeted birth control” and in Wisconsin “refused to schedule a vote on a bill that would have codified a right to birth control.”Republicans didn’t hold public hearings or committee votes for a Democratic bill that would have codified the right to contraception, and rejected their effort for a floor vote.
"Democrats pushed to ‘withdraw’ it from committee in order to get a floor vote as soon as possible, as opposed to waiting for the lengthy process through committee," Paisley said.was introduced last July. It would have" that a person has a statutory right to obtain contraceptives" and that health care providers have a right to provide it and share information about it.
The group is right about Republicans not holding a vote on a particular Democratic bill. But the claim falls short about the GOP specifically targeting birth control. “The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”
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