The White Home on Monday introduced a proposal that might require insurers to cowl the price of types of contraception like over-the-counter contraception drugs and condoms below the Inexpensive Care Act.
The proposed rule would cowl emergency contraception just like the “Plan B” tablet, condoms, non-prescription contraception drugs and spermicides. The White Home mentioned if authorized, the rule would develop protection of contraception for 52 million ladies of reproductive age who’ve personal medical insurance.
“At a time when contraception access is under attack, Vice President Harris and I are resolute in our commitment to expanding access to quality, affordable contraception,” President Biden mentioned in an announcement.
“We believe that women in every state must have the freedom to make deeply personal health care decisions, including the right to decide if and when to start or grow their family,” he added.“We will continue to fight to protect access to reproductive health care and call on Congress to restore reproductive freedom and safeguard the right to contraception once and for all.”
Vice President Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, has made defending reproductive rights and abortion entry a central pillar of her marketing campaign for the White Home. She has repeatedly warned that if former President Trump is elected, Republicans will try to limit entry to contraception and abortion.
In an announcement on Monday, Harris cited GOP votes towards laws to guard a proper to contraception and to guard in vitro fertilization (IVF), a process that has come below scrutiny after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
“President Biden and I stand with the majority of Americans – Republicans and Democrats alike – who support access to contraception,” Harris mentioned. “And we continue to call on Congress to pass federal legislation that restores reproductive freedom nationwide.”
The Biden White Home has taken steps within the aftermath of the Roe v. Wade ruling to attempt to shield entry to contraception.
Trump, who appointed three conservative Supreme Courtroom justices who voted to overturn Roe, has taken credit score for sending the problem of abortion again to the states and has praised the patchwork of legal guidelines as a “beautiful thing to watch,” as some states enact near-total bans on the process.
The previous president has additionally mentioned he would veto federal laws to ban abortion if it reached his desk.
