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Two Florida Democrats propose a "Right to Contraception Act" to guarantee access to birth control.
The right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; The right to be free from all forms of violence and coercion; The right to privacy; The right to the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual health; with the possibility of pleasurable, satisfying, and safe sexual experiences
The U.S. House is expected to vote this week on a bill that would protect the right to access contraception to prevent pregnancy or for other health purposes.
Despite strong public support — 8 in 10 voters back the Right to Contraception Act — and bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate, Iowa’s Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley voted against the bill.
Reproductive justice advocates promote every individual's right to be informed about all birth control options and to have access to choosing whether to use birth control and what method to use. This includes advocacy against programs that push women of color, women on welfare, and women involved with the justice system to use LARCs.
Baird, 405 U.S. 438 (1972), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established the right of unmarried people to possess contraception on the same basis as married couples. The Court struck down a Massachusetts law prohibiting the distribution of contraceptives to unmarried people for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, ruling ...
Susan Franklin Wood (November 5, 1958 – January 17, 2025) was an American public health professional. She worked for the Food and Drug Administration from 2000 until 2005, when she resigned as a protest against the agency's delays in approving the morning-after pill for use without a prescription.
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