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Today, the Huffington Post reported that the next target in Republicans’ widely unpopular assault on reproductive health care may be birth control.
Tim Reichert, a Congressional Republican candidate in Colorado’s 7th district, was highlighted in the report, following revelations of the candidate’s lengthy anti-choice screeds that argue abortion and contraception contribute to the downfall of the American economy.
“At a time when reproductive rights are on the line, Tim Reichert’s dangerous and false views on birth control are a threat to Coloradans’ fundamental freedoms,” said DCCC spokesperson Maddy Mundy.
As the Huffington Post writes, with the news of the Supreme Court’s likely overturn of Roe v. Wade, Republicans have clamored for further reproductive restrictions and signaled that contraception may be on the chopping block if Republicans retake majorities in Congress this November.
Read more about Tim Reichert and the Republican party’s extreme views on contraception below:
The Huffington Post: GOP Crusade Against Abortion Could Lead To Contraception Bans
By Amanda Terkel
May 11, 2022
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With Roe v. Wade on the chopping block, Republicans have increasingly been speaking up about other Supreme Court cases they don’t like. After all, with conservatives possessing a 6-3 majority, why not make a wish list?
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One of the cases that’s coming up is Griswold v. Connecticut, the 1965 decision that said married couples have a right to contraception access. It struck down a Connecticut law that outlawed the use of birth control devices.
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There’s legislation in Louisiana right now that could test the Supreme Court’s commitment to Griswold. The bill would make abortion a homicide and charge women who undergo the procedure with murder. It could also criminalize certain forms of contraception ― such as IUDs and Plan B ― because it would change the state’s legal definition of a person to a fertilized egg.
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Some Republicans have long pushed for federal personhood legislation, which would classify fertilized eggs as persons under the U.S. Constitution, making abortion illegal. And it’s an issue that’s coming up on the campaign trail.
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Tim Reichert, running in Colorado’s 7th District, has ― in his work as an economist ― given presentations and written opinion articles arguing that contraception harms women economically and psychologically because it makes it harder for them to get married.
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