The Right to Contraception Act was introduced by Democrats but failed to achieve the 60 votes required for a full Senate vote. All opposition came from Republicans. The bill defines contraceptives as “any drug, device, or biological product intended for use in the prevention of pregnancy” and prohibits the federal government or states from enforcing laws or standards that impede that right.
A total of 51 senators voted in favor of the bill--all Democrats and independents--with the exception of Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.
Another nine Republicans joined Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey in not voting, including Mike Braun of Indiana, Katie Britt of Alabama, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, John Kennedy of Louisiana, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Mitt Romney of Utah, Dan Sullivan of Alaska and J.D. Vance of Ohio.
These are the Republican senators who voted against the Right to Contraception Act that would have guaranteed access to contraceptives nationwide:
• John Barrasso of Wyoming
• Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
• John Boozman of Arkansas
• Ted Budd of North Carolina
• Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
• Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
• John Cornyn of Texas
• Tom Cotton of Arkansas
• Kevin Cramer of North Dakota
• Mike Crapo of Idaho
• Ted Cruz of Texas
• Steve Daines of Montana
• Joni Ernst of Iowa
• Deb Fischer of Nebraska
• Chuck Grassley of Iowa
• Josh Hawley of Missouri
• John Hoeven of North Dakota
• Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi
• Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
• James Lankford of Oklahoma
• Mike Lee of Utah
• Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming
• Roger Marshall of Kansas
• Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
• Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
• Rand Paul of Kentucky
• Pete Ricketts of Nebraska
• James Risch of Idaho
• Mike Rounds of South Dakota
• Marco Rubio of Florida
• Eric Schmitt of Missouri
• Rick Scott of Florida
• Tim Scott of South Carolina
• John Thune of South Dakota
• Thom Tillis of North Carolina
• Tommy Tuberville of Alabama
• Roger Wicker of Mississippi
• Todd Young of Indiana
New York Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer said, “Today, we live in a country where not only tens of millions of women have been robbed of their reproductive freedoms--we also live in a country where tens of millions more worry about something as basic as birth control,...It should never happen here in the United States, but because of Donald Trump and the hard right, it’s reality.”