Senator Peters Helps Lead Legislation to Protect Access to Contraception

WASHINGTON, DC– U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) helped reintroduce legislation to guarantee Americans the right to access contraceptives. TheRight to Contraception Actwould prohibit government from restricting the use of – and health care providers’ ability to prescribe – contraception. Peters cosponsored theRight to Contraception Actin response to continued efforts across the U.S. to limit access to reproductive health care, including efforts to ban some or all forms of contraception despite overwhelming support among Americans.
“Republican lawmakers across the country are actively working to strip women of their reproductive freedoms, despite more than 90 percent of Americans believing everyone should be able to access the contraceptives that they need,”said Senator Peters.“This legislation is simple. It would guarantee every single American the right to access contraception and ensure that health care professionals can do their jobs without interference from extreme politicians.”
Peters has been astrong advocatefor protecting access to essential care and the right of all Americans to make health care decisions privately with their doctors and family. Petersspoke on the Senate floorlast year in support of theRight to Contraception Act. Peters alsospoke on the Senate floorlast year to urge his colleagues to support theAccess to Family Building Act,legislation Peters cosponsored that would protect every American’s right to access in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, as well as other assisted reproductive technology (ART) services that families depend on to start a family. In previous years, Peters joined his colleagues in introducing theWomen’s Health Protection Act of 2023,legislation seeking to restore the right to comprehensive health care for millions of Americans following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision inDobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizationwhich repealedRoe v. Wade. In 2020, Peters was thefirst U.S. Senator to publicly sharehis family’s personal abortion story.
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