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I never read the text before, but ignoring the findings and other boilerplate, the only substantive language in there is section 4(a): > A person has a statuto

I never read the text before, but ignoring the findings and other boilerplate, the only substantive language in there is section 4(a): > A person has a statutory right under this Act to obtain contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and a health care provider has a corresponding right to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception. The outcome of the vote is pretty clear and convincing evidence of how the Republican Party feels about this issue.

freedomben 3y ago
I looked at the way the law defines "contraceptive", and the definition to me sure seems like it includes a right to access and provide an abortion: > (1)Contraception > The term contraception means an action taken to prevent pregnancy, including the use of contraceptives or fertility-awareness based methods, and sterilization procedures. Abortion is an action taken to prevent pregnancy, so to me this law includes a right to an abortion. Again, if you think abortion is equivalent to birth control pills or condoms, then sure the conclusion that republicans just love the idea of restricting "contraception" seems clear. But if you see any difference or nuance between the two, which I think is pretty reasonable, then there's a pretty good explanation of why they voted against it: They think abortion is murder. They are against murder. You can disagree with them that it's murder, but it's quite disingenuous to suggest that they just love restricting contraception unless you also clarify that by "contraception" you mean "abortion."
- otterley 3y ago
  > Abortion is an action taken to prevent pregnancy Nonsense. The literal meaning of the word "contraception" is "to prevent conception." Abortion, by definition, takes place after conception (i.e., pregnancy), and that's the whole reason anti-abortionists have concerns about it. Don't conflate the two concepts to suit your own ends. The real reason that conservatives want to restrict access to contraception are far more sinister than this, but I won't get into that in a public forum.

freedomben 3y ago

I looked at the way the law defines "contraceptive", and the definition to me sure seems like it includes a right to access and provide an abortion: > (1)Contraception > The term contraception means an action taken to prevent pregnancy, including the use of contraceptives or fertility-awareness based methods, and sterilization procedures. Abortion is an action taken to prevent pregnancy, so to me this law includes a right to an abortion. Again, if you think abortion is equivalent to birth control pills or condoms, then sure the conclusion that republicans just love the idea of restricting "contraception" seems clear. But if you see any difference or nuance between the two, which I think is pretty reasonable, then there's a pretty good explanation of why they voted against it: They think abortion is murder. They are against murder. You can disagree with them that it's murder, but it's quite disingenuous to suggest that they just love restricting contraception unless you also clarify that by "contraception" you mean "abortion."

otterley 3y ago
> Abortion is an action taken to prevent pregnancy Nonsense. The literal meaning of the word "contraception" is "to prevent conception." Abortion, by definition, takes place after conception (i.e., pregnancy), and that's the whole reason anti-abortionists have concerns about it. Don't conflate the two concepts to suit your own ends. The real reason that conservatives want to restrict access to contraception are far more sinister than this, but I won't get into that in a public forum.