today reintroduced the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would create a statutory right to obtain and use contraceptives and ensure health care providers have a right to provide contraceptives, contraception, and share information about this essential care.
Support and work to pass the Right to Contraception Act, which would create a statutory right to obtain and use contraceptives and protect providers' ability to provide contraceptives and contraception information.
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Evidence
The bill text says it would protect access to contraceptives, the ability to engage in contraception, and providers' ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information.
On the June 5, 2024 cloture vote for S.4381, the Senate rejected cloture 51-39 and Duckworth voted Yea.
Congress.gov lists Tammy Duckworth in the Senate cosponsors for S.4381.
Assessments
Duckworth materially supported the Right to Contraception Act by cosponsoring S.4381 and voting for cloture on June 5, 2024, so she clearly made a serious legislative effort. But the Senate failed to invoke cloture and the bill did not pass, so the promised outcome of helping pass the act was not delivered. Under the federal-office standard, this counts as a failed serious attempt rather than partial delivery because her support is clear but the enactment itself did not occur.