Conservative attacks on #BirthControl could threaten #access
#FarRight #conservatives are sowing #disinformation that falsely characterizes IUDs, #emergency #contraception, even #BirthControlPills as “#abortifacients” — something used to cause #abortions.

#Republicans in ≥17 states have blocked largely Democratic-led attempts to pass #laws assuring the right to birth control since 2022.

#ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #FamilyPlanning #health #privacy #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/05/birth-control-access-abortion-ban/

Conservative attacks on birth control could threaten access

Far-right conservatives are sowing misinformation that inaccurately characterizes IUDs, emergency contraception, even birth control pills as causing abortions.

The Washington Post

#Republican lawmakers in #Missouri blocked a bill to widen #access to #BirthControlPills by falsely claiming they induce #abortions. An antiabortion group in #Louisiana killed #legislation to enshrine a right to #BirthControl by inaccurately equating #emergency #contraception w/ #abortion drugs. An #Idaho *think tank* focused on “#BiblicalActivism” is pushing state legislators to #ban access to emergency contraception & intrauterine devices (IUDs) by mislabeling them as “#abortifacients.”

#law

Since #SCOTUS overturned the right to #abortion 2 years ago, #FarRight #conservatives have been trying to curtail #BirthControl #access by sowing #disinformation about how various methods work to prevent pregnancy, as #Republicans scramble to *reassure* [lie to] #voters they have no intention of restricting the right to #contraception, which polls show the vast majority of Americans favor.

#law #privacy #ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #FamilyPlanning #health #medical #BirthControlRights

The divide illustrates growing #Republican tensions over the political cost of the “#personhood” movement to endow an [potentially nonviable] #embryo w/ #HumanRights, which has animated the debate around #IVF. #Medical societies define PREGNANCY [not a person] as starting once an embryo has implanted in the wall of the uterus. But #conservative #legislators say they believe life begins when eggs are fertilized — before pregnancy — & are conflating #BirthControl w/ #abortion.

#law #BirthControl

“Folks are trying to redefine when life begins, but it’s just not scientifically supported,” said Courtney Joslin, who leads #PublicPolicy research on issues pertaining to #women & #families for the R Street Institute, a center-right think tank. “There’s just been a crowding-out effect where some #FarRight legislators have undermined #Republicans’ ability to talk about #BirthControl in a sensible & rational way.”

#law #science #privacy #ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #FamilyPlanning #health

#Republicans in ≥17 states have blocked #laws assuring the right to #BirthControl since 2022. Most recently, #Virginia Gov Glenn #Youngkin (R) vetoed a bill meant to ensure #access to #contraceptives, saying while he personally supports access, he was loath to “trample on the #religious freedoms of Virginians,” incl’g #medical providers [what about everyone else’s freedoms?]
#Trump suggested that he was open to restricting access to #contraception.

#law #BodilyAutonomy #FamilyPlanning #health

@Nonilex Religious freedom to stop reproductive healthcare goes against our constitution as no one religion is above others. Many religions define when life begins differently. Conception, implantation, five months old, breath at birth. No one can say which religion can define when life begins. No religion can take precedence over another. #abortionishealthcare #freedomfromreligion #voteblue 💙🇺🇸💙

@loveallexcludenone @Nonilex

The only argument the other side can make is that a doctor should not be forced to do an abortion (keeping their job is a different story)

Article 18

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

#humanrights #unudhr

@loveallexcludenone @Nonilex

Booyah, now let's get the GOP and DNC to agree :D

If we can get them to finally #RatifyICESCR, then a lot of our human rights will become the supreme law of the land, through international treaty.