Blumenthal Statement on Supreme Court Decision Restricting Birth Control Access

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement following the Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to roll back birth control access guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA):

“This ruling is a betrayal of women’s healthcare and rights. This decision, sanctioning the Trump administration’s hateful agenda, is deeply disappointing and dangerous. Instead of upholding the ACA’s essential reproductive health protections, it hands employers and universities unbridled control over an essential part of their employees’ health coverage. Worse yet, this decision opens the floodgates to broader discrimination against vulnerable employees and students under the guise of ‘religious freedom.’ We must fight back against this administration’s appalling attacks against people’s reproductive health.”

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