House Passes Law ensuring Birth Control and Contraception Access to All. 195 Republicans Vote Against it, Republicans Unlikely To Allow it to Pass the Senate.

[CoffeeTiger 5,108]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-contraception-bill-vote-supreme-court/

 

Seems to be hypocritical on the Republicans side to oppose a measure that could only lead to less need for abortions and help prevent unwanted pregnancies. 

 

Only reason I've seen Republicans give for opposing is by saying that Democrats are "fearmongering" by suggesting The Republican Supreme Court may allow contraception restrictions in the future (something Justice Thomas has said he wants to look at), and that it would "violate" the Religious Freedom Restoration Act . 

So essentially, Republicans don't want to make contraceptions a legal right because they want to protect the beliefs of Christians who believe that contraception's are sinful, so in the future everyone may have to suffer because some Christians believe that God hates it when you try to have sex without getting pregnant. 

But then Republicans also hate it when women who don't want to get pregnant want abortions when they do....

 

It's almost like Republicans just hate women having sex and want to go back to a time when it was believed that women couldn't even orgasm or enjoy sex and that only men were allowed to enjoy it. Women were just expected to lay down, let the man do his thing, carry the children that would result, and then take care of the kids afterwards. 

Edited July 21, 2022 by CoffeeTiger

[I_M4_AU 7,811]

It appears this is a preemptive strike against what Justice Clearance Thomas wrote in his concurrence.

Health insurers are facing pressure from the Biden administration to ensure they have complete contraceptive coverage as required by Obamacare, a move that comes just days after the US Supreme Court decision that leaves abortion rights up to individual states.

The secretaries of health and human services, labor, and the Treasury met with major health insurance companies Monday to discuss the issue and confirm that any patient on their plans can access birth control at no cost.

The Affordable Care Act requires that all health insurance plans cover at least one type of contraception within each category designated by the Food and Drug Administration at no cost. 

Reproductive rights advocates worry that conservatives will target the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision, which protected rights to birth control, now that the high court court has overturned Roe v. Wade.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/insurers-pressed-on-contraceptive-coverage-after-roes-demise

You have jumped to the conclusion that all Republicans are women hating mongrels and not because this legislation is not critical at this stage.  You can really thank Clearance Thomas for getting the Dems off their lazy asses to try to do something.  He put the fear of God in them.

[wdefromtx 3,159]

The bill itself reads more like it is intended to be more symbolic than anything. They even found a way to throw in race and LGBTQ references. 
 

 

[CoffeeTiger 5,108]

15 hours ago, I_M4_AU said:

It appears this is a preemptive strike against what Justice Clearance Thomas wrote in his concurrence.

Health insurers are facing pressure from the Biden administration to ensure they have complete contraceptive coverage as required by Obamacare, a move that comes just days after the US Supreme Court decision that leaves abortion rights up to individual states.

The secretaries of health and human services, labor, and the Treasury met with major health insurance companies Monday to discuss the issue and confirm that any patient on their plans can access birth control at no cost.

The Affordable Care Act requires that all health insurance plans cover at least one type of contraception within each category designated by the Food and Drug Administration at no cost. 

Reproductive rights advocates worry that conservatives will target the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision, which protected rights to birth control, now that the high court court has overturned Roe v. Wade.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/insurers-pressed-on-contraceptive-coverage-after-roes-demise

You have jumped to the conclusion that all Republicans are women hating mongrels and not because this legislation is not critical at this stage.  You can really thank Clearance Thomas for getting the Dems off their lazy asses to try to do something.  He put the fear of God in them.

 

Uhhh....yeah. 

The reason we're in this mess with Roe V Wade is because Democrats didn't codify it into national law and instead waited to Republicans to gain enough Judicial power to strip it away. 

It's not needed.....until it is...then it might be too late.

[I_M4_AU 7,811]

1 hour ago, CoffeeTiger said:

 

Uhhh....yeah. 

The reason we're in this mess with Roe V Wade is because Democrats didn't codify it into national law and instead waited to Republicans to gain enough Judicial power to strip it away. 

It's not needed.....until it is...then it might be too late.

So, do you think Justice Clearance Thomas helped the cause?  Congress should pass laws and it has recently let the SCOTUS decide laws which means the Congress has been lazy and not doing their job.

[CoffeeTiger 5,108]

Just now, I_M4_AU said:

So, do you think Justice Clearance Thomas helped the cause?  Congress should pass laws and it has recently let the SCOTUS decide laws which means the Congress has been lazy and not doing their job.

Yes, there's a reason congress has like what, a 15% approval rating? Is there anyone out there who thinks Congress has been adequately doing their job for the past at least 10+ years? 

[autigeremt 6,609]

3 minutes ago, CoffeeTiger said:

Yes, there's a reason congress has like what, a 15% approval rating? Is there anyone out there who thinks Congress has been adequately doing their job for the past at least 10+ years? 

A couple of dogs and a cat maybe. Lol 

[homersapien 11,371]

19 hours ago, I_M4_AU said:

It appears this is a preemptive strike against what Justice Clearance Thomas wrote in his concurrence.

Health insurers are facing pressure from the Biden administration to ensure they have complete contraceptive coverage as required by Obamacare, a move that comes just days after the US Supreme Court decision that leaves abortion rights up to individual states.

The secretaries of health and human services, labor, and the Treasury met with major health insurance companies Monday to discuss the issue and confirm that any patient on their plans can access birth control at no cost.

The Affordable Care Act requires that all health insurance plans cover at least one type of contraception within each category designated by the Food and Drug Administration at no cost. 

Reproductive rights advocates worry that conservatives will target the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision, which protected rights to birth control, now that the high court court has overturned Roe v. Wade.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/insurers-pressed-on-contraceptive-coverage-after-roes-demise

You have jumped to the conclusion that all Republicans are women hating mongrels and not because this legislation is not critical at this stage.  You can really thank Clearance Thomas for getting the Dems off their lazy asses to try to do something.  He put the fear of God in them.

Clarence Thomas - our own Taliban.

[Didba 5,256]

On 7/21/2022 at 4:53 PM, I_M4_AU said:

It appears this is a preemptive strike against what Justice Clearance Thomas wrote in his concurrence.

Health insurers are facing pressure from the Biden administration to ensure they have complete contraceptive coverage as required by Obamacare, a move that comes just days after the US Supreme Court decision that leaves abortion rights up to individual states.

The secretaries of health and human services, labor, and the Treasury met with major health insurance companies Monday to discuss the issue and confirm that any patient on their plans can access birth control at no cost.

The Affordable Care Act requires that all health insurance plans cover at least one type of contraception within each category designated by the Food and Drug Administration at no cost. 

Reproductive rights advocates worry that conservatives will target the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision, which protected rights to birth control, now that the high court court has overturned Roe v. Wade.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/insurers-pressed-on-contraceptive-coverage-after-roes-demise

You have jumped to the conclusion that all Republicans are women hating mongrels and not because this legislation is not critical at this stage.  You can really thank Clearance Thomas for getting the Dems off their lazy asses to try to do something.  He put the fear of God in them.

I won't thank "clearance thomas" or his wife for anything.

[DKW 86 7,419]

I am Pro-Life and I put my wallet where my thoughts are. This is just as it seems. If you want to talk about fewer abortions, then YOU MUST be ready to open the doors to contraception. Does that mean in private insurance or free thru the health dept? I really dont care anymore. I am tired of the 50 year debate frankly. Cap Abortion at 15 weeks, as the MS law said, and STHU. Provide contraceptives thru Insurance Mandate or health dept. etc. 

Move on and quit making political drama out of what SHOULD have been enacted by legislation 50 years ago,.

BTW, does anyone really think that even 15% of the American People actually approve of congress?