These 38 GOP senators just voted against protecting contraception. Here's why.

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 16:52

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — Almost every Republican senator voted against a Democratic-led bill to protect the right to contraception on Wednesday.
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All but 2 GOP senators voted to block a Democratic bill to protect access to contraception.
Republicans say they're not actually against contraception but have other issues with the bill.
The vote was widely seen as a "show vote" that had little chance of becoming law anyway.

The Senate failed on Wednesday to advance a bill designed to protect access to contraceptives nationwide.

Just two Republican senators — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — voted with Democrats to advance the bill. Nine Republicans did not show up to vote.