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BREAKING: Rick Scott Votes Against Protecting Access to Contraception
Today, Rick Scott voted against the Right to Contraception Act — bipartisan legislation to codify Americans’ right to access contraception under federal law, making clear that he will continue his dangerous push to rip away women’s rights to make their own personal medical decisions.
“Rick Scott’s extreme anti-choice agenda is clear: he wants to restrict access to birth control and ban abortion nationwide. Floridians will remember Scott’s attacks on reproductive freedom and hold him accountable at the ballot box, said Florida Democratic Party spokesperson Alex Wood.
Scott has a long record attacking contraception including supporting employers’ immunity in denying coverage for contraception and endorsing anti-choice extremists who want to restrict birth control access. Last week, Scott received an A+ rating from an extreme anti-choice group which opposes IVF and contraception and wants to ban abortion at conception.
Here’s what to know about Scott’s “100% pro-life” record:
- Scott supports Florida’s’ six-week abortion ban: “I am 100% pro-life and if I was still governor, I would sign this bill.”
- In April, Scott doubled down on his support for the ban, saying “If I was the sitting governor, and the six-week abortion ban came in front of me, I would sign it. I’ve always said I would sign it.“
- On the day Florida’s ban took effect, Scott said he would sign “any” anti-abortion legislation.
- Scott pledged to vote against Amendment 4–keeping Florida’s six-week ban in place.
- Scott co-sponsored a national abortion ban that would put doctors in prison.
- Scott believes “life begins at conception.”
- Scott celebrated the Supreme Court’s Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which he has pushed for since 2010.
- Since Roe’s downfall, Scott has set his sights on restricting access to safe and effective medication abortion.