Julia Brownley: “Last month, the extreme and radical wing of the Republican Party and the Supreme Court took a dangerous and detrimental…”

“Last month, the extreme and radical wing of the Republican Party and the Supreme Court took a dangerous and detrimental strike against women's reproductive rights by overturning Roe v. Wade and dismantling decades of healthcare and privacy protections, and they are not stopping there. In his opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas threatened American women that the Supreme Court will no longer protect the right to birth control. Nearly all women in the United States use contraceptives at least once during their lifetime and an estimated 65 percent of women use a form of birth control every single day. This is but another egregious component of the radical Republican agenda to restrict women's rights and the fundamental right to her bodily autonomy. This is why I am supporting the Right to Contraception Act, and I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' to protect access to birth control. House Democrats will not be deterred in the fight for the health, safety, and reproductive freedom of women and every American. ____________________”