U.S. House plans to vote this week to codify same-sex marriage and legal contraception nationwide, fearing that the Supreme Court could rescind those rights after it overturned the constitutional right to abortion last month.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democrats in a letter Monday that the House will pass the bills"this week" to enshrine those rights in order “to protect freedom in our nation, as extremist Justices and lawmakers take aim at more of our basic rights.”
“Because Loving was plainly correct,” he said, arguing that that decision was based on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, which he said, “was passed to eliminate government racial discrimination.” "I'm really sorry to say that, but Clarence Thomas was very clear in his position here. I wish it weren't necessary but I think it is," Durbin said in response to a question from NBC News."I can remember when states regulated birth control — you would go into a gas station, into the men's room, and there was a condom machine. And it had a label on it: 'For the prevention of disease only.
But many Republican senators are wary of alienating their culturally conservative base, which is disillusioned by the pace of social change in the United States and has little interest in seeing their elected representatives codify those rights. Last week, RepublicansAnd on Monday, Senate Republicans appeared conflicted when asked if same-sex marriage and contraception should be rights.
"I don't know that we need to codify things like that. Shouldn't that be states and local jurisdictions, maybe?" she said."I would just have to see how it's worded. But, no, I think women should have access to contraception. But it depends on the definition of contraception."
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