House approves measure to protect the right to contraception

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : House Democrats announced plans to hold votes to codify the right to contraception and to same-sex marriage during a hearing last week on the judicial implications of overturning the longstanding federal right to abortion under Roe v. Wade, fast-tracking both the contraception bill and the marriage equality bill to the House Rules Committee this week without a markup or legislative hearing.
48% : Contraception, which refers to preventing ovulation or embryo fertilization or implantation, is distinct from abortion, which ends an existing pregnancy, and Kaiser Family Foundation survey data published last year found that 87% of women use contraception at some point in their lifetime.
43% : In his opinion accompanying the June 24 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that rulings on same-sex marriage and birth-control rights could be in question.
35% : That poll, conducted July 5-7, found that Republican support drops when looking at abortion, with 53.5% saying they oppose medication abortion drugs.
35% : Last week, the administration issued guidance to pharmacists that they will violate federal civil rights laws if they deny women prescribed medications because of personal views about contraception or abortion. ___

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