Bill Text: MI HR0307 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution to support access to contraception for all individuals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-26 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy [HR0307 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HR0307-Introduced.html
house resolution no.307
Reps. Glanville, Pohutsky, Young, Aiyash, Cavanagh, Sowerby, Sneller, Puri, Anthony, Hope, Stone, Kuppa, Hertel, Sabo, Hood, Rogers, Cambensy, Brixie, Liberati, Garza, Haadsma, Steckloff, Cynthia Johnson, Lasinski, Manoogian, LaGrand, Morse, Weiss, Clemente, Tate, Breen, Coleman, Pepper, Thanedar, Brenda Carter, Brabec, Jones, Camilleri, Neeley, Scott and Yancey offered the following resolution:
A resolution to support access to contraception for all individuals.
Whereas, The possible overturning of Roe v Wade poses a number of threats to reproductive rights. Now more than ever, it is crucial to protect the right to access contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancies; and
Whereas, Most individuals consider contraception to be essential health care, as an estimated 92% of Americans view the use of contraception as acceptable and 99% of sexually active women have used at least one contraceptive method; and
Whereas, Access to contraception is protected under the United States Constitution. In 1965, the Supreme Court of the United States found in Griswold v Connecticut that married couples had a right to privacy, which included the right to control their fertility through the use of contraception; and
Whereas, In another case, Eisenstadt v Baird, the Court extended the right to contraception to unmarried persons under the equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; and
Whereas, The benefits of contraception are many. Promoting safe access to contraception ensures better economic mobility, positive health outcomes, and the right of all individuals to make their own reproductive choices; and
Whereas, Control over the time of childbearing gives women more educational and professional opportunities, leading to greater earning potential throughout their lives. College enrollment is 20% higher for women with access to contraception; and
Whereas, Contraception is used for a variety of purposes beyond those related to childbearing. Individuals may use contraception to regulate their menstruation cycles, ease symptoms of painful conditions such as endometriosis, bring relief to women experiencing menopause, and serve a number of health care needs; and
Whereas, Access to contraceptives significantly reduces the probability that a woman will be in poverty; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we support access to contraception for all individuals; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, members of the Michigan congressional delegation, the clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, and the Attorney General of the State of Michigan.
