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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward and Eric Garcia

Democrats back Republicans into a corner and shine light on extremist stances on contraception

REUTERS

Nearly every Senate Republican refused to support a measure that would protect the right to contraception in the United States while GOP lawmakers across the country are blocking efforts to ensure access to birth control.

Two years after the Supreme Court revoked a constitutional right to abortion care, a bill to enshrine contraception access into law failed to reach the floor of the upper chamber of Congress on Wednesday.

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