The abortion bans that anti-choice Republican politicians are pushing (and in many places passing) in many states, including #ncpol, directly threaten access not just to reproductive health services - but also to basic birth control.
Here are just a few examples.
Here are just a few examples.
In Idaho: “IUDs, I’m not for certain yet on where I would be on that particular issue." - Republican House State Affairs Chairman Brent Crane
Another state where Rs have passed a total ban.
idahostatesman.com/news/politics-…
Another state where Rs have passed a total ban.
idahostatesman.com/news/politics-…
In Louisiana, Republicans in a State House committee first passed, now is reconsidering, a bill that would've sent women seeking an abortion to prison **as well as** outlaw certain forms of birth control, like Plan B or IUDs.
lailluminator.com/2022/05/12/lou…
lailluminator.com/2022/05/12/lou…
About the Louisiana bill: more moderate Republicans pushed back because they wanted to include explicit protections for birth control.
But the original bill author absolutely refused, because he really is just against BC, and took his name off of it in response. Still in flux.
But the original bill author absolutely refused, because he really is just against BC, and took his name off of it in response. Still in flux.
In Missouri, anti-choice Republicans tried this year to eliminate IUDs, Plan B and other birth control options from coverage by Medicaid.
The total abortion ban they just passed temporarily forced local hospitals to halt providing emergency contraception.
kansascity.com/news/politics-…
The total abortion ban they just passed temporarily forced local hospitals to halt providing emergency contraception.
kansascity.com/news/politics-…
At issue: many new anti-choice abortion bans define life as beginning at conception. Under that (completely invented) standard, many types of birth control will be prohibited: IUDs, Plan B, and many other types as well.
Still think your access to birth control is secure? Well...
Still think your access to birth control is secure? Well...
Both Clarence Thomas and Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn have disputed the SCOTUS decision Griswold v. Connecticut - which established a right to birth control access - as "constitutionally unsound."
(Blackburn just held a big fundraiser with @erinfornc, fyi) #ncpol
(Blackburn just held a big fundraiser with @erinfornc, fyi) #ncpol
GOP pols want you to believe that banning birth control is all a scare tactic that will never actually happen. Sort of like... a total ban on abortion, right?
The radical fundamentalist ideologues don't care about being popular. They're pursuing Gilead. Just watch what they do.
The radical fundamentalist ideologues don't care about being popular. They're pursuing Gilead. Just watch what they do.
If you don't think the same fundamentalist bigots who passed HB2, never regretted it and still think it was a good idea, would also be happy to ban IUDs and Plan B, we've got news for you about who's running the North Carolina Republican Party. #ncpol
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