Senate Republicans block bill to recognize legal right to contraception

As expected, Right to Contraception act falls short of garnering the 60 votes Senate Democrats needed to advance the bill

Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a bill that would have recognized a legal right to contraception, weeks after Donald Trump made - and quickly walked back - comments indicating he was willing to restrict access to birth control.

As expected, the Right to Contraception act fell short of garnering the 60 votes Senate Democrats needed to advance the bill. Before the vote, Democrats in effect acknowledged that they were daring Republicans to go on the record opposing the right to something that almost all American women use at some point in their lifetime.