JD Vance stepped in it big time this morning when Jake Tapper presented a few facts that Vance seemed to be unaware of. The list includes new Speaker, Trump, and Clarence Thomas
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When working as an attorney, Johnson contributed to cases where plaintiffs refused to dispense emergency contraception. In office, Johnson has cast multiple votes against efforts to make birth control and other methods of family planning more accessible, affordable, or protected.
IUDs are also not an abortifacient. As the Kaiser Family Foundation says, "IUDs do not affect an established pregnancy and do not act as an abortifacient."
In 2021, Idaho passed the No Public Funds for Abortion Act, which prohibits state-funded student health centers from dispensing emergency contraceptives such as Plan B. The bill also prevents state-funded student health centers from counseling patients on abortion.
That same year, Missouri Republicans tried to forward a bill to ban the state's Medicaid program from paying for IUDs and emergency contraception. "Anything that destroys that life is abortion, it's not birth control," the bill's sponsor said.
J.D. Vance Said Republicans Aren't Trying to Limit Birth Control Access. Here's a List.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)
In the top spot is current GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson, who - as Rolling Stone's Tessa Stuart reported - has engaged in a lengthy campaign against birth control both in Congress and outside of it. Johnson has argued (incorrectly) that certain kinds of birth control actually are methods of abortion. "The morning after pill, as we know, is an abortifacient," he said last month.When working as an attorney, Johnson contributed to cases where plaintiffs refused to dispense emergency contraception. In office, Johnson has cast multiple votes against efforts to make birth control and other methods of family planning more accessible, affordable, or protected.
House Republicans
Next on the list are all but 10 Republicans in the House who voted against codifying the right to contraceptives into law in July 2022.Donald Trump
While in office, Donald Trump - who enthusiastically campaigned for Vance to win a Senate seat - carved out exceptions for employers to an Obamacare requirement that mandated insurance plans cover contraception as part of preventative care.Republican Lawmakers in Idaho and Missouri
On the state level, Republicans have tried to conflate abortion and birth control by arguing that some contraceptives, such as Plan B and intrauterine devices (IUDs), are "abortifacients," even though that is untrue. Plan B prevents pregnancy and is taken long before implantation. According to the Food and Drug Administration, "Evidence does not support that the drug affects implantation or maintenance of a pregnancy after implantation, therefore it does not terminate a pregnancy."IUDs are also not an abortifacient. As the Kaiser Family Foundation says, "IUDs do not affect an established pregnancy and do not act as an abortifacient."
In 2021, Idaho passed the No Public Funds for Abortion Act, which prohibits state-funded student health centers from dispensing emergency contraceptives such as Plan B. The bill also prevents state-funded student health centers from counseling patients on abortion.
That same year, Missouri Republicans tried to forward a bill to ban the state's Medicaid program from paying for IUDs and emergency contraception. "Anything that destroys that life is abortion, it's not birth control," the bill's sponsor said.
