New Poll Shows Birth Control Is Galvanizing Issue For Voters

[Tom of Temecula]

The issue of protecting access to contraception bolstered voters’ preference for Democrats by nine points, giving them a 12-point edge over Republicans. That's a pretty big shift. Americans are finally taking the threat to birth control seriously, and it's going to backfire for Republican attempts to maintain control. Via the New York Times:

A new national poll conducted by Americans for Contraception and obtained by The New York Times found that most voters across the political spectrum believe their access to birth control is actively at risk, and that 80 percent of voters said that protecting access to contraception was “deeply important” to them. Even among Republican voters, 72 percent said they had a favorable view of birth control. When voters were told that 195 House Republicans had voted against the Right to Contraception Act, 64 percent of them said they would be less likely to support Republican candidates for Congress, according to the poll.

And overall, the issue of protecting access to contraception bolstered voters’ preference for Democrats by nine points, giving them a 12-point edge over Republicans, up from three. The survey found that birth control access was especially motivating to critical groups in the Democratic coalition, including Black voters and young people, who are currently less enthusiastic about the election. Pollsters said the shift in overall party preference — known as the generic ballot — was notable, particularly by such a large margin.

And of course, the Alabama embryo "personhood" ruling is on everyone's mind.

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[Scrivener7]

1. It is such an astonishing overreach. But, as with all the right's astonishing overreaches, this now

merely defines the right's farthest right "mainstream" position, and moves the whole country farther right. Just by way of putting the discussion into the zeitgeist.

The only way to get these assholes to crawl back out of our uteruses and send them back to the hell they came from is to annihilate them in the polls. I DO think that annihilation is now possible if they continue to come for birth control, as some of us knew they would (and were told we were being ridiculous.)

And PS, the tweet was 100% right about Douthat.

[barbaraann]

2. It seems like the destination is far beyond "The Handmaid's Tale."

[Mz Pip]

3. This election

will be decided by either reproductive rights or immigration.

[slightlv]

13. I totally agree with you; it's what I've been saying

for a while now. However, I put it slightly differently. While "reproductive rights" is absolutely correct and to the point (as it stands right now), it's actually "Women's rights... or human rights for women." Also, sometimes I'll put it as civil rights for women. IOW, it's NOT just our reproductive rights we're losing; there's so many knock-on consequences that will be seen sooner or later (sooner, if the Theocrats get there way... which they seem to be getting!).

While we've lost control over reproductive rights of all kinds now, as that woman ages her ability to access HRT is also threatened. Other medical treatments are at risk because the drugs or treatments "might harm an unborn baby" or could be harmful to reproductive organs (even if the woman has no plans... or can't... become pregnant). I saw this while trying to get meds for my autoimmune disease awhile back. As a side note, I had a hysterectomy 30 years ago! No chance I'm going to be pregnant... not to mention I'm now 69 years old!!!!!

But it's the rights that one ordinarily wouldn't think of being tied to reproductive rights that worries me so much these days. We lived through these prior to the 1970's. All the rights we gained then -- from careers to being able to buy a house are at risk. Free travel across the United States is already being threatened today.

I have to believe there are many women that are thinking like me this election. Maybe some are too young to have lived through the male employer telling you that "yes, you're qualified for this job and we'd love to hire you. But you're a woman and that means it would just be too dangerous for you." Or the days you had to answer the question of whether or not you were planning on "starting a family" anytime soon on an employment application. But the younger women of today are smart - they can extrapolate where this is going. And even if they, themselves, haven't thought about these consequences, they have older women in their lives you DID live through it and have told them the stories and lived experiences.

The days of Repugs called us "stupid women" and getting away with it are gone. We've lived through too much and had a taste of what a little freedom feels like for over 50 years. We ain't going back.

[Hugin]

4. The threat to contraception is very real...

Since at least the 1990’s I’ve been treated to many impromptu fire and brimstone sermons about how birth control prevents a fertilized egg from attachment to the uterine wall.

Of course, the religious leader presenting the sermon was invariably a morbidly obese white male with a neck beard. Who probably never had the opportunity to willingly put his hypothesis to the test. Using highly technical terms such as hoo-ha, womb, seed, and pecker.

[Wounded Bear]

5. If there is any justice in the world, 2024 will be a blue tsunami of epic proportions...nt

[liberalla]

12. There should be a huge smashing tsunami of the blue type crashing down

around us all in November! With much rejoicing!

And if there isn't, I will wonder what the hell they're waiting for! I mean, REALLY!

[et tu]

15. yes, my point exactly

wait for it- it's gonna be spectacular~

[TSExile]

6. The Right's ultimate fantasy...

...is The Handmaid's Tale meets Stepford Wives. These men hate us women and blame us for everything that's happened since Eve.

I still believe in the right to privacy. More women and girls are paying attention - and are ANGRY. A smart man wouldn't cross a woman who is angry, but this ilk is definitely not smart.

[MOMFUDSKI]

7. It's called a sleeping giant. He is awake and

pissed off to the max.

[Hekate]

9. Yes she is. Plus the male giant who's given any thought to having a continuously pregnant wife

[Butterflylady]

8. I said the roe thing and birth control will bury the repugs and their to stupid to recognize it

So keep it up idiot's and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

[hvn_nbr_2]

10. "When voters were told..."

When voters were told that 195 House Republicans had voted against the Right to Contraception Act, 64 percent of them said they would be less likely to support Republican candidates for Congress, according to the poll.

Well, gee, CorpoPravda (AKA Plutocracy Pravda, MSM, corporate media), whose job is it to tell voters what's happening in the world?

[Demovictory9]

11. We better take it seriously

[EarnestPutz]

14. Repubs stepped on their dicks with overturning Roe. Doing the same with "Contraception" and "Fetal Personhood".

I could watch them doing this all day.