Pappas Pushes for Vote on Legislation to Secure Access to Contraception for Granite State Women

Following the Senate’s vote on the Right to Contraception Act and ahead of the 59th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Right to Contraception Act in the House, which would codify and strengthen the right for individuals to access contraception.

“Women have a right to the full range of reproductive health care, including abortion and contraception, and it’s clear that the far right will not stop at the Dobbs decision to turn back the clock on women's rights,” said Congressman Pappas. “As radical politicians and judges seek to block access for reproductive health care, I’m fighting to pass legislation to protect access to birth control and reproductive health care for all Americans. I remain committed to ensuring individuals can make their own private health care decisions and restoring the right to safe and legal abortion.”

Pappas is a co-sponsor of the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, which reaffirms the FDA’s authority to approve medication abortion and safeguards health care providers’ ability to prescribe medication abortion via telehealth. Last year, prior to FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine reaching the Supreme Court,Pappas joined a bicameral amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to block the ruling.

Pappas has fought to pass theWomen’s Health Protection Act, which would enshrine into law vital protections previously guaranteed by Roe v. Wade and restore the right to reproductive care for everyone across America, and signed adischarge petition to bring the legislation to the House floor for a vote in the 118th Congress.

Pappas is also fighting to pass the Right to Contraception Act, which would codify and strengthen the right for individuals to get and use contraception, the My Body My Data Act, which protects personal reproductive health data, and the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, which reaffirms the FDA’s authority to approve medication abortion and safeguards health care provider’s ability to prescribe medication abortion via telehealth.