On Wednesday, Senator Chuck Schumer plans to bring the Right to Contraception Act to a vote in the Senate. If passed, the bill would create a “statutory right” to contraception.
Concerningly, this act would tie the hands of medical professionals who wish to treat patients based on their medical expertise by requiring them to prescribe contraception at the patient’s request. Such a regime created by the federal government would enforce a transactional approach to medical care, where medical professionals have little say in the drugs they prescribe for their patients. The bill would also eliminate religious protections for doctors and force them to provide contraception in violation of their religious beliefs.
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