‘Contraception Is Under Assault In Our Country’: Ed Markey Sounds The Alarm

6 months ago

During a press conference on Wednesday, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) answered questions about the need to pass “The Right To Contraception Act.”

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00:00Are there any questions?

00:02Yes, sir.

00:11Well, the same Republicans were saying the same thing about the Roe versus Wade,

00:16and then it got repealed in the Dobbs decision.

00:20And Justice Thomas, in his concurring opinion,

00:24said that the Supreme Court should now take up contraception as well.

00:29And across the country, from Virginia to Arizona to Iowa to Idaho,

00:34at the state legislative level, they're moving to put restrictions on contraception.

00:40So it's just the opposite.

00:42Contraception is under assault in our country,

00:46even though the Griswold decision is now 59 years old.

00:53So we're going to have contraception day here in the United States Senate,

00:57and everyone's going to be put on record.

01:00And if they say it's not under threat, then they should all just vote yes

01:05in order to reaffirm that right.

01:07Questions? Yes, ma'am.

01:09Well, that's the same thing that Governor Youngkin said in Virginia.

01:31Then he vetoed the contraception bill.

01:33So let's see what they do out here today.

01:35Let's see if they vote for contraception.

01:37We're going to give them a chance, up or down, yes or no.

01:41Today is contraception day in the history of the United States Senate.

01:44Yes, sir.

01:57First of all, it's not true.

02:00All this legislation does is to give an individual the right to access to contraception

02:07and the right for a provider to be able to provide contraception for individuals.

02:13There is no religious issue that's part of this legislation at all.

02:20Questions?

02:21Thank you all so much for being here.

‘Contraception Is Under Assault In Our Country’: Ed Markey Sounds The Alarm

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