Don Bacon Votes Against Protecting Access to Contraception

Today, House Democrats passed the Right to Contraception Act to enshrine women’s and families’ right to access contraception into federal law – and Don Bacon voted no. This legislation comes in response to the Supreme Court’s threat to revisit settled law like Griswold v. Connecticut, following the Republican-stacked Court’s decision to overturn 50 years of precedent and rip away the right for women to access reproductive health care.

As a reminder, Bacon also:

• Wants to make abortion illegal even in cases of rape and incest or to prevent the death of a mother;

• Defended Texas’ draconian six-week abortion ban that put a bounty on anyone who helps a woman get an abortion;

• Voted to defund Planned Parenthood, which would restrict Nebraska women access to basic health care like cancer screenings and birth control.

DCCC spokesperson Johanna Warshaw:
“Don Bacon’s vote against protecting access contraception shows that he thinks Nebraskans’ long-held rights are up for re-negotiation. Make no mistake: Republicans like Don Bacon won’t stop until they achieve their goal of a nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions.”

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