Birth control is essential health care supported by most Americans
Omaha, NE —Yesterday, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts voted against the Right to Contraception Act. The bill would have established the right to access birth control and a health care provider's right to provide contraception and related information. It failed to reach the 60 votes required to bring it to the floor for a vote in the U.S. Senate.
Birth control is a safe and easy way to prevent pregnancy. Birth control can also help treat certain health problems and provide health benefits, such as making periods lighter and less painful, and helping prevent STIs.
Access to birth control is supported by a vast majority of Americans spanning party lines — 86 percent of Americans (including 91 percent of Democrats and 83 percent of Republicans) support policies that make it easier to get the full range of birth control methods.
Statement from Andi Curry Grubb, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Nebraska:
“Protecting access to contraception is necessary for people to have control over their bodies and futures, especially as states like Nebraska place restrictions on abortion care. And most Americans agree. It's agonizing to see anti-choice politicians tank common sense, popular bills that would protect people’s bodily autonomy in order to protect their own narrow political agenda.”
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Planned Parenthood Advocates of Nebraska is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization. As the advocacy and electoral arm of PPNCS, we mobilize supporters of all parties to defend and increase access to family planning services and fact based, medically accurate sexuality education. We work to inspire and engage citizens to take up the cause of reproductive health and rights through education, electoral activity, grassroots organizing and legislative advocacy.
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