this week in the senate health committee where the republican witnesses made it clear that they do not support access to all contraception at all. and it is, again, a very real threat. the dobbs decision overturning roe versus wade has had so many consequences. and the court made it clear, they are not stopping at overturning our right to control our own bodies with regard to accessing abortion care. they re making it clear that they re going to go further. justice thomas as i said before has invited litigators to revisit this issue. and having people like my opponent who would support a national ban elected to office. but they would also rubber stamp any judge and we saw
access to contraception. and just recently, donald trump said he was quote looking at policies to block access to contraception. which means safe and effective forms of birth control could be at risk. if given an opportunity, donald trump would sign a national abortion ban. a second trump term would really mean more harm, more pain, and less freedoms. but we re not going let that happen. senator baldwin, i m struck by this just as a senate strategist. it would be so easy for the republicans in the senate to just take this issue off the table as an election issue. just by voting for this bill. but they mean it so much, that they are willing to take all of this heat against the wishes of more than 90% of voters by standing there in opposition to contraception on the floor of the united states senate. absolutely. we saw it happen today. we also had a hearing earlier
hypothetical threat. when the decision came out, justice clarence thomas called out several other cases that were decided historically on the same principles as roe versus wade was. and one of them is access to contraception. another was the marriage equality case. and these words i found chilling from justice thomas. and in fact, we made it clear, we need to fight back. i fought for and passed a bill to protect same-sex marriages and marriage equality. with bipartisan support. but today, we fought to protect the right to access contraception. an issue by the way that enjoying the support of over 90% of americans or close to 90%. but the republicans blocked this bill from moving forward. and we see this happening across the country. and again, lawrence, we didn t
liberty, access to contraception. senator marquise bill is simple, but it s becoming necessary ever since the maga supreme court and donald trump overturned roe and jeopardized reproductive rights for millions and millions of americans. today thanks to these brutal and downright medieval attacks, tens of millions of americans have to worry about something as basic as birth control. make no mistake, americans uncertainty about using birth control is one of the many shameful consequences of overturning roe v. wade. and so the stakes in the election, if republicans win control of the united states senate they will have enough votes to ban contraception in this country because they will not surrender to procedural niceties like these 60 vote rule in the senate. so the stakes in every senate election in the united states this year include
contraception. contraception will be on the ballot in november in the form of senate candidates. republican senate candidates are members of the party that wants to ban contraception and democratic senate candidates are members of the public who want to make sure contraception continues to always be available for everyone. that is one of the choices on your ballot in november. joining us now is wisconsin s democratic senator tammy baldwin she is running for reelection to the united states senate this year. senator baldwin, not a single republican, absent republican. you added the only two republicans willing to vote for this is the women. this is a very, very dangerous situation here as the control of the senate hangs in the balance in this election. absolutely. right and this is not a