[ [link removed] ]Will you sign the petition to urge your representative to STOP Senate
Republicans from blocking a bill that would protect the right to
contraception?

Dear MoveOn member, 

First, abortion. Then, IVF. Now, conservative lawmakers are putting
contraception at risk. Last Wednesday, Senate Republicans shamefully
blocked the passage of the Right to Contraception Act, a bill that would
enshrine the right to use basic birth control like IUDs, Plan B, condoms,
and the pill.^1 Champions in Congress are pushing back, but they need help
from constituents.

A discharge petition is circulating in the House of Representatives that,
if they get enough signatures, would force the Republican majority to
bring the Right to Contraception Act to a vote in the House. [ [link removed] ]Will you
add your name to urge your representative to support the right to
contraception, sign the discharge petition, and fight for our freedom to
plan our families and our futures?

Access to contraception should be a legal right—but Senate Republicans are
blocking the Right to Contraception Act. Add your name to demand your
representative force a House vote!

[3]Sign the petition

Around 65% of women in the U.S. report using at least one method of
contraception in the past year.^2 Birth control is an important tool for
people of all genders to plan their families, manage their health, and
decide their futures. Every American should have the freedom to use
contraception if and when they need it—and the assurance that the
government will never take it away. 

[ [link removed] ]Will you add your name to the petition to demand your representative
support the Right to Contraception Act?

Republicans in Congress have been spreading misinformation about birth
control for years, with members like Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene
falsely claiming that emergency contraception like Plan B induces
abortions (it doesn't).^3 And while attempts to slash access to
contraception have swept the country in states like Missouri, Louisiana,
and Idaho, senators like Marco Rubio have been advocating for federal
legislation that would undermine it, including allowing employers to
refuse to provide contraception due to "moral objections."^4,5

Access to contraception is not just under threat—it's already being
threatened. About 19 million women who rely on federal funding to access
birth control live in "contraception deserts," places without reasonable
access to a full range of birth control options. And we know the need is
even greater. 

Our legislators should be fighting to protect and expand access to birth
control—not voting against commonsense legislation that would codify this
right. 

[ [link removed] ]Click here to sign the petition and urge your representative to support
the discharge petition that would bring the Right to Contraception Act to
a vote on the House floor. Then share the petition with three friends to
help spread the word.

Thanks for all you do. 

–Americans for Contraception

Sources:

1. "Republicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats
make election-year push," Associated Press, June 5, 2024
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2. "Contraceptive Use in the United States by Demographics," Guttmacher
Institute, May 2021
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3. "The GOP's complicated contraceptive dance," Politico, October 23, 2023
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4. "Conservative attacks and misinformation on birth control could
threaten access," Anchorage Daily News, June 5, 2024
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5. "Exclusive: Rubio Weighs In On Contraceptive Controversy," CBS News,
April 12, 2012
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