democrats in voting for the bill. republicans have argued that the legislation was unnecessary claiming access to contraceptives is not at risk and that democrats were only using the vote as a messaging tool for the upcoming election. senate democrats are using the weeks leading up to the second anniversary of the dobbs decision to hold several votes on reproductive health. majority leader chuck schumer has announced plans another procedural vote next week on a bill which would codify protections for ivf. he spoke on the senate floor yesterday as to why the vote was needed. >> there's the more devious claim that the right to contraceptive act is much to do about nothing, that it's unnecessary, that birth control could never possibly fall under risk. well, remember people said the same thing about roe, that it could never be overturned. and then tragically, unfortunately, it was because donald trump and the republican senate filled the supreme court with maga radicals who followed