Most Americans Concerned About Their Right to Birth Control, Poll Finds
Contraception should not be a controversial issue, they say
Having lost guaranteed access to abortion services, Americans now are worried that their right to contraception will be next.
The US Supreme Court upended nearly half a century of a national guaranteed access to abortion in 2022, when its right-wing supermajority overturned the landmark 1973 decision, Roe v Wade.
Since then, abortion rights have become a patchwork across the United States, with abortion limited — or banned outright — across swaths of the nation.
A large majority of Americans now worry that the right to birth control will be next to fall, according to a new opinion poll.
“Well, the first, most important thing that we found out here is that birth control is popular, and contraception is popular across the board,” said Molly Murphy, president of Impact Research, a public opinion polling firm. “We don’t need to split hairs and say, ‘Is it the pill?’ ‘Is it an [intrauterine device]?’ ‘Is it emergency contraception?’ Popular across the board.”
“Across party lines. Most people don’t think this is a controversial issue,” Murphy added. “So they are now thinking, ‘Maybe it is more controversial. Maybe these Republicans are coming for it.’ It’s why you see two-thirds of Americans are concerned about their right to access contraception.”
Americans are right to worry.
Influential right-wing organizations and activists actively are pushing to make birth control the next on a list of rights for Americans to lose:
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