griswold versus connecticut has held for decades. it is enshrined in the case law reaffirmed by the supreme court that individuals have the right to use contraceptives. but we've seen after assurances by three of the members now sitting on the supreme court that respect for precedent is no longer deeply felt. in fact it may not be felt at all. what one nominee referred to as president on precedent and therefore well-established law, that was roe v wade and now it's gone. it was in justice alito's words, egregiously wrong. but none of those three nominees expressed any feeling whatsoever that it might be wrong, let alone a egregiously wrong so to all of my colleagues that essay the right to contraceptives is unnecessary, i would simply say when i introduced along with the presiding officer of the women's health protection act of 2013 the idea that row might be overruled washi unthinkable. the goal was to prevent the growing restrictions on that right that impose the burden. what was unthinkable then is reality now. it might have been

griswold versus connecticut, yes it is, griswold versus connecticut has held for decades.eaffirmed by the supreme court that individuals have a right to use contraception. but we have seen after assurances by three of the members not sitting on the supreme court respect for precedent is no longer deeply felt. in fact, it may not be felt at all. what one nominee, justice kavanaugh referred to as on present therefore well-established law, that was roe versus wade. now it is gone. it was agreed justly wrong. but, none of those three nominees express any feelings whatsoever and might be wrong let alone agreed justly wrong. to all my colleagues who say the right to contraceptive act is unnecessary i would simply say look at dobbs. when i introduced, along with the presiding officer the women's health protection act in 2013 the idea that row might be overruled was unthinkable. p our goal was to prevent the growing restrictions on that right that impose excessive burden. what was unthinkable then, is reality now. the court overruling griswold might have been thought unthinkable.

can you tell me your views on griswold? center it's a precedent. it's now. 50 years old griswold involved the right of married couples to use contraceptive devices in the privacy of their own home. and it's 50 years old. the reliance interests are obvious. been repeatedly reaffirmed all very important factors again in analyzing precedent well, i think i'm going to stop questioning but i kind of sum up what you and i just talked about in regard to precedent. so everybody understands the principles that are stake here. there are two reasons why you can't give your opinion on these cases. one i believe is independence. and the other one is fairness to future litigants. is that the way you see it? it is senator if i were to start telling you which are my favorite precedents or which are my least favorite precedent survive you president and that fashion. i would be tipping my hand and suggesting to lit against that i've already made up my mind about their cases. that's not a fair judge. i didn't want that kind of judge when i was a lawyer. and i don't w

griswold, 1965, right to contraception. 1965. decades ago. and they want to turn back the clock, democratic women in congress are saying we're not turning back and we hope that we will be joined by republican colleagues in this legislation today. i ask them on the floor, do you even have any idea of what's going on in your own homes when it comes to contraception, family planning, birth control? should we have a session on the birds and the bees to further understanding of what this is? you don't want birth control but you want control of women. and that's our fight, servitude, we're against that. in any event, i have for years, for decades, been trying to convey to the american people and my constituents and people that i come in contact with that when republicans talk about abortion and the rest, they're just not talking about that. they're talking about contraception. more than you ever want to know on the subject. but decades ago, in the 1990's, when i was ranking member on foreign ops, someone came to me and said can you make an adjustme

griswold versus connecticut as i stayed decided in 1965. which established americans' constitutional right to contraception. birth control allows women and their partners to make it -- make essential decision abouts their health and their lives. including whether to have children and start a family. that is a consensus in america. overwhelmingly. nevertheless, the supreme court has put you will forms of contraception in jeopardy with this decision. some say, no, it doesn't. but justice thomas points out that the rationale of dobbs is equally applicable from his perspective, and in my opinion, from his perspective he's probably right for himself and for radical members of the court. restricting contraceptives means undermining women's health, personal privacy, and bodily awe autonomy. there are many authoritarian regimes in the world that don't take any consideration into the rights we have over our own bodies. mr. speaker, we need -- madam speaker, we need to do everything we can here in congress to ensure that all americans have access to

one more question, secretary griswold, before i let you go. ever since donald trump camp plane complained about dropped boxes ballot, they become a fairly hot button issue. but what is that if you really about? >> well, we have seen donald trump an extremist around him use lies to try to put down the basis for voter suppression and pushing out massive misinformation, so americans don't have as much faith in elections. but i will tell, you colorado is considered the safest state in the nation to cast the ballot. i think these drop boxes by more than over 65%. in voters have use them. our last election in 2021, and then our state would primary, we just had over 98% of voters chose to use a drop box. that includes, republicans and democrats, and unaffiliated voters. even when we have unprecedented increases to in-person voting. so the lines are out there. we have to push back. and as the secretary of state i will always do everything they can to make sure that every republican, democrat, and other affiliated voter in colorado has access to safe a

griswold v. connecticut, yes, it is griswold v. connecticut, has held for decades. it is enshrined in case law, reaffirmed by the supreme court, that individuals have a right to use contraceptions. but we've seen, after assurances by three of the members now sitting on the supreme court, that respect for precedent really is no longer deeply felt. in fact, may not be felt at all. what one nominee, justice kavanaugh, referred to as precedent on precedent, and therefore well-established law, that was roe v. wade. now it's gone. it was, in justice alito's words, egregiously wrong. but none of those three nominees expressed any feeling whatsoever that it might be wrong, let alone egregiously wrong. so to all of my colleagues who say the right to contraceptives act is unnecessary, i would simply say look at dobbs. when i introduced, along with the presiding officer, the women's health protection act, in 2013, the idea that roe might be overruled was unthinkable. our goal was to prevent the growing restrictions on that right that imposed excessive burden. what was unthinka

griswold versus connecticut as i stayed decided in 1965. which established americans' constitutional right to contraception. birth control allows women and their partners to make it -- make essential decision abouts their health and their lives. including whether to have children and start a family. that is a consensus in america. overwhelmingly. nevertheless, the supreme court has put you will forms of contraception in jeopardy with this decision. some say, no, it doesn't. but justice thomas points out that the rationale of dobbs is equally applicable from his perspective, and in my opinion, from his perspective he's probably right for himself and for radical members of the court. restricting contraceptives means undermining women's health, personal privacy, and bodily awe autonomy. there are many authoritarian regimes in the world that don't take any consideration into the rights we have over our own bodies. mr. speaker, we need -- madam speaker, we need to do everything we can here in congress to ensure that all americans have access to

he seemed to refer to griswold as standing for the opposite of what griswold stands for. griswold was the protection of that right. he seemed to refer to it as a rejection of the right to use contraception. there were some unfair moments not just calling them repeatedly that justice is extremist, but he says as you have noted that he didn't consider the early english american -- that's entirely and demonstrably untrue. now you can disagree with how they view that history but to say they ignored it was really quite unfair. there were other aspects that i suggest justices were probably grinding their teeth when listening to this. one is in fact bringing up this issue for whether contraception's will soon be made unlawful. that is expressly readjusted in the dobbs decision. i've been covering it for enough time, over 30 years. i've never seen a case for the court repeatedly and expressly dismissed a future argument. he comes back repeatedly to say this cannot be used to deny the right of contraception, or to deal with interracial marriage, or same-sex marriage. they repeated

thank you so much for joining us, secretary griswold. first, of your reaction to the concert of reactions to this ten year old story story. >> first, of thanks for having me on. i am just horrified for what this little girl has had to experience. i can't even imagine being that young, i'm going through such trauma and not being able to get the care you need right in your state. and being forced to have to travel to another state, because these politicians are such extremists, they make you jump through so many more hoops. it's noteworthy that she had to travel to indiana, she got the cash needed, but indiana is about to restrict abortion access even further. just a couple of weeks but might've melvin possible. any person who is victims for rape, has the right to get abortion care, and any little girl who is pregnant has been raped. and needs to get the health care response that is needed for human dignity. >> do you think we, secretary, are as a society, prepared for these stories of ten-year-olds that will eventually come out more and m

decision in future cases we should we consider all of the substantive due process precedentnt including griswold. we have a duty to corrected the error created by those. 1965 so decades ago now they ocwant to turn that back and hoping we will be joined by this legislation today do you have any idea what is going on in -year-old home when it comes to contraception family planning and birth control? do we have a session of the birds and the bees so we have an understanding of what this is? but you want control of women? so in any event for decades try to my constituents that will presidents talk about the rest they are talking about contraception. more than youec ever want to know on the subject but in the nineties when i was the ranking member they said can you make an adjustment so we can have more free flow of funds. i went to my republican colleagues for family-planning. the church has asked to make a technical change for the natural family planning which is allowed. we are against all family-planning domestic and international. i have one republican fell that enabled us for family-planning in

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all of those other cases, griswold, lawrence, they all rely on substantive due process. you're saying there's no substantive due process in the constitution. so they're just as wrong, according to your theater. >> no, your honor. we're comfortable with washington versus gluxburg and analyzes substantive due process and looks at text history, history and tradition, to this -- discipline inquiry -- >> i mean there was no history of same-sex marriage. >> and i think the court -- the court pointed out, look, when we were facing loving versus -- >> i'm not trying to argue we should overturn those cases. i just think you're dissimulating when you say any ruling here wouldn't have an affect on those. >> respectfully, that's -- >> you think no -- that no state is going to think otherwise? that no people in the population aren't going to challenge those cases in court? >> i mean, your honor, we'll always have a diversity of views -- >> that's the point. that's the -- >> that's our society. >> that's the point. >> that there's a diversity of views and people can vigorously debate

threes to be a case called connecticut versus griswold which was declared unconstitutional in the late 60's, which set a married couple in the privacy of their bedroom could not decide to use contraception. right now, in all 50 states, the affordable care act guarantees coverage for women's health services, including pre-birth control. the executive order directs hhs to identify ways to expand access to reproductive health services, like iud's, birth control pills, emergency contraception, and equally important, this executive order protects privacy and access to information. looking at the press assembled before me, you know more about it than i do. i am not a tech guy. i am learning. right now, when you use a search engine, or the app on your phone. companies like your data. they sell to other companies. they re-share with law enforcement. there is a concern that extremist governors and others will try to get that data off of your phone, which is out there in the ether. find what you're seeking, where you are going, and what you are doing with regards your health care. talk about no

including the 1965 decision in griswold. as well as the court's decision in texas and obergefell. these are of course the three cases establishing the constitution rights to contrasts contraception, non procreative intimacy, and marriage equality. in casting down these decision justice thomas lets you know the far-right majority on the court has not been satisfied to deprive millions of americans of the right to an abortion. rather, the majority is on a rampage. at against other freedoms currently enjoyed by the american people. as someone who has repeatedly drawn attention to the partisanship of the far right majority of the court, these justices are not people who can simply be reasoned with using sound legal arguments or even the courts own president. i can't help but think of justice thomas's omission of another case, this has been discussed to some extent today. that case is a 1967 decision called loving the virginia establishing the constitutional right to inspirational marriage. it seems, to me justice thomas's logic about reconsidering the courts due process presidents, th

he also mentioned griswold v connecticut for birth control. the republicans have this way of saying that you are hysterical, that is not going to happen. and the reality is, it has happened every time. they also said, oh we are going to, we wouldn't challenge of free unfair election. and then we have january 6th, so i don't leave them at all and i will also say, look, in the state legislatures across the country, republicans are want to take action to mixing sex marriage illegal, it's a ban iuds, so all of this is happening in the states as well. as an undercurrent from what is happening here federally. >> absolutely. you know shermichael, out to turn to you because it is no secret that the republican party apparatus has organized for decades to rollback grow. and now that they have achieved that, i wonder if that is backfiring in some way, or could backfire particularly as it relates to women. because overturning roe doesn't just turn, as i like to say, women who voted for joe biden or democratic women, effects women period. >> sure, yeah i m

and called for the court overturn griswold be connecticut, lawrence we texas and obergefell v. hodges to some reason he left that -- for some reason you have to loving. can you discuss that the majority opinion dogs can be used to challenge with the cases involving individual freedoms? >> the courts profound rejection of long-standing precedent over 50 years regarding substantive due process is terrifying. it suggests that the court does not have respect for the decisions that it has made, nor for advancing the rights of the people of the united states. instead, it will callously slipper strip away necessary and needed medical care. for millions of americans -- what's important is that in the future, the court is -- situated in such a way that is not willing to apply the dobbs precedent to other cases. it should not do so. however, the court has not given us profound believe that it will do so. >> do you agree that congress should fix this earlier mistake by repealing the defense of marriage act and would you support some level of statutory protection for marriage equality? >>

including the court's 1969 disses wooden and griswold. as well as the court decision and lawrence b texas, and obergefell. these are the three cases establishing the constitutional right to contraception, progressive intimacy, marriage equality. and casting doubt on these decisions, justice thomas let us know that the far-right majority on the court has not satisfy to help deprive millions of americans have the right to an abortion. rather the majority is on a rampage against other freedoms currently enjoyed by the american people. as someone who has repeatedly drawn attention to the partisanship of the far-right majority in the court, the fact that these six justices are not able, who could simply be reasoned with using sound legal arguments, or even the courts own precedents, i can't help but think of justice thomas is glaring omission of another case. this has been discussed to some extent today. that case is a 1967 decision called loving be virginia, the constitutional writer interracial marriage. following justice thomas's logic abou

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it is been gone over pretty but you but i into the legal distinctions of griswold and roe. worked two of this case decide only unto process and the other two both substantial due process and equal protection? >> that is correct representative cohen. >> so if that is correct and i thought it was, appreciate your clarifying forming, how could one distinguish the case on gary marriage on interracial marriage is there any way to distinguish it at all legally? >> to my mind there is no way to distinguish the two. both of them acknowledged there is a right to marry or not an implicit in that right is a right to marry in one's choice. it was interesting to me on his talk clarence thomas not mentioned which of course ended archaic and abhorrent policy of telling people they could not marry someone of a different race. it certainly affected senator mcconnell. my good friend back late judge sugarman and so many others. the lady from the minority side, ms. foster or ms. fletcher? >> foster. >> thank you ms. foster. you are a constitutional expert as i understand it. do you agree lovin

several years ago i listened to the oral argument in griswold to see what they had been saying. i remember the discussion the justices were having with the lawyer of the state of connecticut about the rationale for the contraceptive man and what implications it had. first, what is the purpose of this band? do you want to increase the population of connecticut? what is the reason? they ask questions like, if you can outlaw contraception, what level of regulation can you woke apply? can you require men and women to live separately? can you limit marital activity to one day a year? they pursued this and they really found that the rationale for the contraceptive law did not distinguish between all of these other forms of regulation that, theoretically, the state could do. the states answer was, we would never do that. as opposed to, we can't do that. those questions are there, whether there is actually going to be a real-world circumstance when the court has to examine it is something altogether different. the majority said the interest may be different in those kind of cases as the

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laying the groundwork for overturning other fundamental constitutional values like the protections in griswold or mary couples to have access to contraception -- or married couples to have access to contraception or consensual sex among adults in private. justice thomas invited those challenges i'm deeply worried about that. if you look at what's happening probably right now in state legislatures around the country there is unleased momentum to push this further at the state level for sure. and that the federal level, the minority leader mitch mcconnell says if roe v. wade is overturned, the national abortion ban would be on the table. that's the conversation it's happening right now. leigh ann: yeah, i know you said there are conversations about this happening but do you think the democrats should put republicans on the record on some of these issues? just remind our audience, after a couple of months ago, after the leak support -- supreme court decision it -- after the decision was lee, the senate voted on codifying roe v. wade and that failed. on these other issues like contraception andivf

every couple may determine the size and timing of their families as protcted by grizz woald vs. -- griswolds. connecticut. people, couples, contraception. can you believe they are going after contraception? believe it because they have been going after contraception for decades in the congress. and now the chief -- associate justice has given us clear warning that this is in their sights. the contrast could not be clearer. while democrats work to protect and expand fleem our country, republicans seek to punish and control our most intimate personal decisions. mr. speaker, it is outrageous and unconscionable that today a radical republican party seeks to wind back the clock on decades of hard fought progress. as we pass this landmark legislation today, we salute the generations of activists and advocates, organizers and mobile hizers -- mobilizers who fought the defense of the american ideal of full equality for all. i say often that our inside maneuvering can just go so far. the outside mobilization produces the best possible results. personally, it's with some emotion and i think about my

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