One month after the Supreme Court struck down the right to an abortion, Democrats who then controlled the House pushed through a bill aimed to ensure access to contraception nationwide.
All but eight Republicans opposed it.
The risks they face became glaringly clear last week, after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered children.
A new national poll conducted by Americans for Contraception and obtained by The New York Times found that most voters across the political spectrum believe their access to birth control is actively at risk, and that 80 percent of voters said that protecting access to contraception was “deeply important” to them.
Even among Republican voters, 72 percent said they had a favorable view of birth control.
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