Why some critics are calling the House birth control bill a 'Trojan horse' and election ploy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The contraception bill follows House passage earlier this week of legislation to protect same-sex marriage and interracial marriage.
51% : "Some Republicans said on Thursday that they supported contraception in practice but viewed Democrats' bill as a gateway to allowing abortion.
50% : Anti-abortion groups encouraged lawmakers to oppose the measure, claiming that the bill's definition of contraceptives could be interpreted to include pills that induce abortion," the article said.
45% : "If you're going to ban (abortion), you've got to make sure women have access to health care, medical care, prenatal care and birth control."
44% : While eight Republicans joined Democrats to pass a House bill that would protect access to birth control without government interference, 228-195, other Republicans -- including some who say they support access to contraceptives -- claim the bill could open the door to abortion.
44% : The flurry of bills by Democrats to protect personal rights arises from a concurring opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court decision last month overturning the federal right to abortion.
44% : Thomas wrote that if Roe was based on faulty legal reasoning, so was the reasoning behind some other rights the Supreme Court had upheld, including same-sex marriage and access to contraception.
39% : Democrats sought unanimous consent for a similar contraception bill in the Senate, but that failed when Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, objected. "While the language touts supporting access to family planning, in reality it's likely a $5 billion gift for Planned Parenthood and other abortion-related providers," she told the Times.
28% : In contrast, as CBS News reported, Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority that "nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion."

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