J.D. Vance (falsely) says no Republicans want to limit contraception access (hundreds do)
During an appearance on CNN last Sunday, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) claimed that he doesn’t know a single Republican who is trying to take the right to contraception away. This is despite how the vast majority of the GOP representatives in Congress voting against a bill to codify that right into law last year.
During an appearance on CNN last Sunday, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) claimed that he doesn’t know a single Republican who is trying to take the right to contraception away. This is despite how the vast majority of the GOP representatives in Congress voting against a bill to codify that right into law last year.
Vance made the comment while talking to CNN’s Jake Tapper, who quickly retorted with, “I mean, I could provide a list for you if you want.”
JD Vance on CNN on birth control: “I don’t think that I know any Republican, at least not a Republican with a brain, that’s trying to take those rights again from people.”
Jake Tapper replies, “I mean, I could provide a list for you if you want it.” pic.twitter.com/s0KuDJlICL
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 10, 2023
In July 2022, 195 House Republicans voted against the Right to Contraception Act, a bill designed to codify birth control access into law. Democrats drafted the legislation after comments made by conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in his concurring opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson case. In the same decision that stripped away the federal right to abortion access, Thomas suggested the court should also look at cases which upheld the rights to contraception, same-sex marriage and same-sex activity.
Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has also been scrutinized for extreme beliefs regarding abortion and contraception access.
Vance won his Senate seat in November 2022, and he is on record as a reproductive rights opponent. H he has argued against exceptions for rape or incest in abortion bans. Vance also opposed the Respect for Marriage Act — a bill to codify same sex marriage into law — and he has voiced displeasure at people in violent marriages getting divorced.
