[ [link removed] ]More than 43,000 MoveOn members have taken action. Click here to help
us get to 75,000 signatures before we deliver the petition to Congress!

Dear MoveOn member, 

We are not exaggerating: Americans could lose the right to birth control.
In a recent attempt to control our bodies and our lives, Republicans in
Congress voted NO to advance protections for contraception.^1 This is
extreme—and it goes against the values of voters across the political
spectrum, who broadly support the right to birth control. 

[ [link removed] ]We're gearing up to deliver our petition to Congress next week on World
Contraception Day, September 26. Will you add your name to demand that
every American retain the freedom to use contraception if and when they
need it—and the assurance that the government will never take it away from
us?

Republicans in Congress know that restricting access to birth control is a
losing strategy—which is why they are trying to hide their true
intentions.^2 But we know that they will chip away at access the same way
they did with abortion. And they are waiting for the opportunity to push
it completely out of reach. 

Birth control is already under attack—it's evident, from the attempts to
slash federal Title X family planning funding to threats to reinforce the
Comstock Act, which would make it illegal to deliver birth control through
the mail.^3 And in states like Texas, Missouri, Idaho, and Iowa,
legislators are already trying to undermine access to emergency
contraception.^4

Last year, Iowa even cruelly stopped funding Plan B for survivors of
sexual assault through the Crime Victim Compensation Program.^5 It's
inhumane and immoral, and we have to fight back. 

These legislators and elected officials who are determined to roll back
reproductive freedoms have already shown us what they are capable of
doing. And it's clear they are waiting for the opportunity to push birth
control access completely out of reach. Now it's up to us to show them
that we won't let them. We're taking the fight for birth control directly
to Congress, but we need your help. 

[ [link removed] ]Add your name to the petition to demand that Congress pass the Right to
Contraception Act and get every member of Congress on record on where they
stand when it comes to protecting birth control.

Thanks for all you do.

–Americans for Contraception

P.S. See our email from June for more information about the Right to
Contraception Act and why it's critical we pass protections now!

Sources: 

1. "Senate Republicans block bill to protect access to contraception," NBC
News, June 5, 2024
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2. "The Republican Party Is Coming for Birth Control," The American
Prospect, June 6, 2024
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3. "How American Women Could Lose the Right to Birth Control," Time, May
20, 2024
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4. "The Right to Contraception: State and Federal Actions, Misinformation,
and the Courts," KFF, May 23, 2024
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5. Ibid. 

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[ [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.^6 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!

[9]Sign the petition

Around 65% of women in the U.S. report using at least one method of
contraception in the past year.^7 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).^8 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."^9,10

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:

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