Besides a Federal Abortion Ban, Plans Underway to Ban Contraceptives
- Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are promoting a nation-wide ban on abortions, with no exceptions, that would override the guarantee in the Michigan Constitution.Representative Huizenga supports a national Republican agenda, which seeks that Michigan women would no longer have the legislated right to seek abortion care currently enshrined in our constitution by voters who oppose this extreme Republican agenda.
- Republicans are also planning to ban contraception with their “Life at Conception Act” with over 120 co-sponsors including Representative Bill Huizenga (Michigan CD-4). According to https://www.congress.gov/ “This bill declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization…”
The logic of banning contraceptives: In the human reproduction process, before a fertilized egg can develop, it must implant in a woman’s uterus. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) says that in addition to preventing egg fertilization, all non-barrier methods of contraception (condoms are a “barrier” method) can prevent fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman’s uterus. ACOG estimates that 1/3 to 1/2 of all fertilized eggs ("children" under the proposed bill), whether created naturally or through in vitro fertilization (IVF), do not implant and are subsequently discharged through menstruation.
How would such a law deal with the loss of these “children”?
- In a world where abortion is banned, if contraceptives can cause the destruction of fertilized eggs and fertilized eggs are “children”, then it logically follows that contraceptives must be banned.
- It would eliminate access to contraceptive drugs used by a majority of women to manage their reproductive lives.
To protect the rights of women in Michigan to make their own reproduction decisions we must elect candidates like Jessica Swartz. Swartz understands that reproductive care is health care and that women should make these decisions in consultation with medical professionals, not politicians.
Written by: Tim M
Not authorized by any candidate or campaign.