{"id":2342,"date":"2024-05-21T22:28:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T05:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2024-05-21T22:28:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T05:28:39","slug":"trump-and-the-gop-do-not-appear-to-be-strong-supporters-of-contraception-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/trump-and-the-gop-do-not-appear-to-be-strong-supporters-of-contraception-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and the GOP do not appear to be strong supporters of contraception access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says he will &#8216;never advocate&#8217; for contraception restrictions after earlier saying he&#8217;s &#8216;looking at&#8217; them<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/21\/trump-contraception-abortion-00159118\">Politico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump leaves the door open to new restrictions on contraception<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Around the same time, a variety of GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/blackburn-denounces-supreme-court-contraception-ruling-1965-rcna20862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawmakers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azmirror.com\/blog\/gop-senate-candidate-blake-masters-wants-to-allow-states-to-ban-contraception-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">candidates<\/a> also eagerly rejected the Griswold precedent, leading House Democratic leaders \u2014 at the time, in the majority \u2014 to bring the Right to Contraception Act to the floor. The legislation, designed to codify the right to contraception nationwide, passed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/house-dems-pass-right-contraception-act-gop-opposition-rcna39369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but 195 House Republicans voted against it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/trump-leaves-door-open-new-restrictions-contraception-rcna153334\">msnbc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump indicates openness to letting states ban or restrict birth control<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When asked during an interview with Pittsburgh\u2019s KDKA whether he supported restricting a person\u2019s right to birth control, Trump did not rule it out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4677374-trump-states-ban-restrict-birth-control-abortion-plan-b\/\">The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump says he\u2019s \u2018looking at\u2019 policies that would restrict birth control access<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">While it appears Trump himself has not advocated for birth control restrictions, his administration placed some limits on contraception access. For example, the Trump administration issued a regulation to expand the kinds of employers who can remove birth control coverage based on religious or moral objections. The Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-okays-trump-plan-limit-contraceptive-coverage-n1232339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled in 2020 that that regulation could remain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-says-looking-policies-restrict-birth-control-access-rcna153323\">NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Really Dumb Even For Trump<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">After he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/21\/trump-contraception-abortion-00159118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> during a Pittsburgh television interview earlier today that he is \u201clooking at\u201d restrictions on contraceptives and will soon unveil \u201csomething that you\u2019ll find interesting,\u201d Donald Trump reversed course and made an all-caps post on Truth Social walking it back entirely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/where-things-stand\/really-dumb-even-for-trump\">Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says he will &#8216;never advocate&#8217; for contraception restrictions after earlier saying he&#8217;s &#8216;looking at&#8217; them Read more at Politico Trump leaves the door open to new restrictions on contraception Around the same time, a variety of GOP lawmakers and candidates also eagerly rejected the Griswold precedent, leading House Democratic leaders \u2014 at the time, &#8230; <a title=\"Trump and the GOP do not appear to be strong supporters of contraception access\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/trump-and-the-gop-do-not-appear-to-be-strong-supporters-of-contraception-access\/\" aria-label=\"More on Trump and the GOP do not appear to be strong supporters of contraception access\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[203,215,252,137],"class_list":["post-2342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2024-election","tag-anti-abortion-candidates","tag-anti-contraception","tag-gop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2343,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions\/2343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}