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Fri Jul 22, 2022, 07:39 PM Jul 2022

On party line vote, Wisconsin's House Republicans oppose legislation protecting contraceptive access

WASHINGTON – Wisconsin's five House Republicans on Thursday opposed legislation that would protect the ability to access contraceptives, breaking from the state's three Democrats who supported the measure.

The so-called Right to Contraception Act passed the House on a vote of 228-195. Overall, eight Republicans supported the bill, which would codify the right to access contraceptive devices and ensure health care professionals could provide patients with contraceptive care.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has reached out to the five GOP members of the state's delegation for comment.

After Thursday's vote, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore called access to birth control pills, emergency contraceptives and other devices "critical to a women’s ability to plan her own future."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/party-line-vote-wisconsins-house-172407609.html

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