{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-votes-protect-access-contraception-nationwide", "Rep. Stansbury Votes to Protect Access to Contraception Nationwide", "2022-07-21", "2022", "2022-07", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Following the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a decision that forecasts threats to the right to contraception and other rights that stem from the right to privacy guaranteed under the 14th Amendment, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) voted to pass the Right to Contraception Act (H.R. 8373) to ensure that neither individual states nor the Supreme Court can limit people\u2019s access to contraceptives.\n\nThe Right to Contraception Act, which Rep. Stansbury cosponsors, establishes a federal statutory right to obtain contraceptives and protects health providers who provide contraception, contraceptives, and information related to contraception. The bill now moves to the Senate.\n\n\u201cIt is inconceivable that in 2022 we have to act to protect our right to access contraception. Over the last several weeks, the Supreme Court\u2019s activist conservative majority didn\u2019t just overturn reproductive rights\u2014it made clear that the right to privacy and the right to access contraception are in danger,\u201d said Rep. Stansbury. \u201cThat\u2019s why I cosponsored and helped pass the Right to Contraception Act today in the House and why I am urging the Senate to protect the rights of millions of Americans to access contraception and make basic health care decisions.\n\nAs Republican-led states refuse to rule out banning contraception as a next step following the decision in Dobbs, the Right to Contraception Act is critical to protecting contraception as fundamental to the health and human rights of all Americans.\n\nThe Right to Contraception Act:\n\nAffirms contraception as a constitutional right and protects health care providers: Establishes a statutory right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, and for health care providers to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.\n\nProtects against restrictive state laws: Protects against any state laws that attempt to restrict access to contraceptives and affirms the Attorney General\u2019s enforcement authority to bring civil actions against any state that attempts to do so.\n\nEnforces our right to obtain contraceptives: Establishes a private right of action for individuals to enforce their right to obtain contraceptives and for health care providers to enforce their right to provide contraceptives and information related to contraception.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-votes-protect-access-contraception-nationwide"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6156849451363087, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}