Every Republican Who Voted Against Right to Contraception
Senate Republicans on Wednesday killed legislation that would have protected access to contraception and codified access to birth control into federal law. The Right to Contraception Act failed the Senate by a vote of 51-39, after failing to reach the minimum 60 votes needed to pass. All of the opposition came from Republicans, with the exception of Senator Chuck Schumer who changed his vote from ‘yes’ to ‘no’ in a procedural move in order to bring the vote again in the future. The only two Republican senators to vote for the bill were Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. Seven Republican senators were not present for the vote.The bill was first introduced after the Supreme Court overturned Roe. It made its way back through Congress on Tuesday as conservative attacks on bodily autonomy deepen ahead of the November election. Trump recently stated he’s exploring policies to restrict access to birth control, a move that would impact an estimated 46.9 million people in the U.S. It’s not clear that the measure would pass the House, but the roll call is nonetheless a good record of where Republican senators stand on the issue.Here’s a list of every Republican who voted against the measure:John Barrasso—WyomingMarsha Blackburn—TennesseeJohn Boozman—ArkansasTed Budd—North CarolinaShelley Moore Capito—West VirginiaBill Cassidy—LouisianaJohn Cornyn—TexasTom Cotton—ArkansasKevin Cramer—North DakotaMike Crapo—IdahoTed Cruz—TexasSteve Daines—MontanaJoni Ernst—IowaDeb Fischer—NebraskaChuck Grassley—IowaJosh Hawley—MissouriJohn Hoeven—North DakotaCindy Hyde-Smith—MississippiRon Johnson—WisconsinJames Lankford—OklahomaMike Lee—UtahCynthia Lummis—WyomingRoger Marshall—KansasMitch McConnell—KentuckyMarkwayne Mullin—OklahomaRand Paul—KentuckyPete Ricketts—NebraskaJames E. Risch—IdahoMike Rounds—South DakotaMarco Rubio—FloridaEric Schmitt—MissouriRick Scott—FloridaTim Scott—South CarolinaJohn Thune—South DakotaThom Tillis—North CarolinaTommy Tuberville—AlabamaRoger Wicker—MississippiTodd Young—Indiana
Senate Republicans on Wednesday killed legislation that would have protected access to contraception and codified access to birth control into federal law. The Right to Contraception Act failed the Senate by a vote of 51-39, after failing to reach the minimum 60 votes needed to pass. All of the opposition came from Republicans, with the exception of Senator Chuck Schumer who changed his vote from ‘yes’ to ‘no’ in a procedural move in order to bring the vote again in the future.
The only two Republican senators to vote for the bill were Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. Seven Republican senators were not present for the vote.
The bill was first introduced after the Supreme Court overturned Roe. It made its way back through Congress on Tuesday as conservative attacks on bodily autonomy deepen ahead of the November election. Trump recently stated he’s exploring policies to restrict access to birth control, a move that would impact an estimated 46.9 million people in the U.S. It’s not clear that the measure would pass the House, but the roll call is nonetheless a good record of where Republican senators stand on the issue.
Here’s a list of every Republican who voted against the measure:
- John Barrasso—Wyoming
- Marsha Blackburn—Tennessee
- John Boozman—Arkansas
- Ted Budd—North Carolina
- Shelley Moore Capito—West Virginia
- Bill Cassidy—Louisiana
- John Cornyn—Texas
- Tom Cotton—Arkansas
- Kevin Cramer—North Dakota
- Mike Crapo—Idaho
- Ted Cruz—Texas
- Steve Daines—Montana
- Joni Ernst—Iowa
- Deb Fischer—Nebraska
- Chuck Grassley—Iowa
- Josh Hawley—Missouri
- John Hoeven—North Dakota
- Cindy Hyde-Smith—Mississippi
- Ron Johnson—Wisconsin
- James Lankford—Oklahoma
- Mike Lee—Utah
- Cynthia Lummis—Wyoming
- Roger Marshall—Kansas
- Mitch McConnell—Kentucky
- Markwayne Mullin—Oklahoma
- Rand Paul—Kentucky
- Pete Ricketts—Nebraska
- James E. Risch—Idaho
- Mike Rounds—South Dakota
- Marco Rubio—Florida
- Eric Schmitt—Missouri
- Rick Scott—Florida
- Tim Scott—South Carolina
- John Thune—South Dakota
- Thom Tillis—North Carolina
- Tommy Tuberville—Alabama
- Roger Wicker—Mississippi
- Todd Young—Indiana
