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and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down from defending democracy. >> attorney general merrick garland facing a republican party hell bent on doing everything it can to push conspiracy theories and attack the rule of law in the wake of donald trumps felony conviction in new york. plus, president biden making bold and controversial moves today on immigration and on his rhetoric towards is...

Contraception as morally acceptable. even among republicans data shows 72% said they had a favorable view of birth control. that did not stop the gop from killing the bill in the senate. a few hours ago majority leader chuck schumer offered his analysis as to why. >> of course we are already hearing the same predictable, tired, unpersuasive retorts from the other side. that this vote is unnecessary. the birth control could never be at risk. that this is much ado about nothing. thats not true. as...

Florida or idaho or iowa. each of these states, republican governors, republican legislatures are on record blocking protections for birth control access in one form or another. >> even in a post roe america republicans are saying enshrining contraception is much ado about nothing though the washington post reports that republicans in missouri and louisiana and idaho are now falsely claiming that contraceptives induce abortions. even though a supreme court justice openly invited legal challenges...

Hearing the same predictable, tired, unpersuasive rhetorics from the other side, that this bill is unnecessary, that birth control could never possibly be at risk, that this could be about nothing. thats not true. as i said go ask the people of virginia what they think. go ask the people of florida, idaho, or iowa. each of these states republican voters and legislators are on record blocking protections for birth control access in one form or another. >> even in a post-roe america republicans ar...

Let me go back. were living in a time when republicans in the states are literally threatening to get rid of birth control access. going crazy passing 18th century laws on abortion, and yet this is what national republicans are now saying about what they want to do about birth control. lets play this. this is josh hawley this morning regarding griswald, the supreme court decision that legalized the access to contraception. versus marcia blackburn. >> nobody is going to overturn griswald. nobody ...

June 24 marks two years since the hand-picked majority on the supreme court overturned roe v. wade with the dobbs ruling, stripping the right for abortion access for american women. ahead of that anniversary, congressional democrats are stepping up their efforts to protect what is left of reproductive rights. house democrats unveiled a plan to try to force a vote to codify the right to birth control access, yes i said birth control, and force republicans to go on the record opposing the right to...

More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, questions on reproductive health care in Texas have arisen since then.

The president -- because this is really the only thing he can do -- issue these executive actions to expand birth control access, to expand abortion access. the two of them weve already seen so far, one of them is aimed at among other things making it easier for women to travel to other states if need be to access abortion care, and make sure that health care providers dont delay their access to that health care. another tries to protect their privacy, their access to that abortion care, and the...

FDA Advisors recommended selling the birth control pill Opill without a prescription. While the FDA has the final decision, it's one step closer to being sold over the counter. Why this is a major step forward for reproductive health access.

Pharmacists in New York can now prescribe birth control pills over the counter — eliminating the need for a physicians sign-off in the process — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.