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IPFS News Link • General Opinion

Libertarianism, Birth Control, and Religious Accommodations

• https://www.fff.org by Laurence M. Vance

The House of Representatives recently passed the Right to Contraception Act (H.R.8373). The bill "sets out statutory protections for an individual's right to access and a health care provider's right to provide contraception and related information." The vote was 228–195, with just eight Republicans voting with the Democrats to pass the bill. What would prompt the House to pass legislation like this?

In his concurring opinion in the recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health case in which the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade (1973), Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that "in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court's substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell." Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) is the case that established the "right of married persons to obtain contraceptives." Lawrence v. Texas (2003) is the case that established the "right to engage in private, consensual sexual acts." Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) is the case that established the "right to same-sex marriage."


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