On Monday, U.S. Senator Katie Britt delivered a speech on the Senate floor ahead of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s partisan vote on Democrats’ “Right to Contraception Act” scheduled for Wednesday. Over the weekend in announcing the vote, Schumer (D-NY) wrote “Democrats will be putting reproductive freedoms front and center.”
Britt coined Democrats’ overarching rhetoric on the issue as part of a “Summer of Scare Tactics” narrative that fearmongers a purely political exercise aimed at confusing and misleading voters ahead of November.
“This week, my colleagues across the aisle will start their ‘Summer of Scare Tactics.’ Unfortunately, this is continuing the campaign of fearmongering we’ve already seen. Contraception is available in every state across the nation,” Sen. Britt (R-Montgomery) said. “And, of course, I want to be absolutely, 100% clear, that I support continued nationwide access to contraception. But that’s not the purpose of the bill my colleagues across the aisle are bringing to the floor on Wednesday.”
“Once again, the bill tramples on foundational religious liberty protections that have long been bipartisan – and truly should remain bipartisan. And my colleagues across the aisle know that. The goal of my Democrat colleagues right now is to scare the American people, to scare women across our great nation. It’s not that they believe there is a problem they’re truly trying to solve. They’re prioritizing their own short-term partisan political interests,” Britt said.
“Sadly, this only does a disservice to the very families and the very women we should be trying to find common ground to help. We saw the false fearmongering with the MOMS Act. We’ve already seen it with issues like IVF. Just like with nationwide access to contraception, I want to make it clear that Republicans support continued nationwide access to IVF.”
Senate Republicans proposed solution comes in the form of the IVF Protection Act, introduced by Sens. Britt and Ted Cruz (R-TX) to further safeguard IVF services across the United States.
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Counter to Democrats’ rhetoric, that legislation does not compel any person or organization to provide IVF services. It allows states to implement health and safety standards regarding the practice of IVF. It would also make states ineligible to receive Medicaid funding if they ban access to IVF.
Britt languished the false narrative being promulgated by Schumer and Democrats from the floor of the Senate. “I look forward to discussing this more next week, as unfortunately my Democratic colleagues will continue their ‘Summer of Scare Tactics,’” Sen. Britt said.
“The Republican Party is the party of families, and we’re going to continue fighting to support the rights and freedoms of families across America.”
Grayson Everett is the state and political editor for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @Grayson270
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