The U.S. Senate overthrew on Wednesday a bill that sought to protect access to contraceptives and that will not continue its parliamentary procedure due to opposition from the Republican bench.

The regulation in question, called the ‘Right to Contraception Act’, had no chance of moving forward since it required a majority of 60 votes and the Democrats have 47 seats, although they usually have the support of four independent legislators.

The procedure was slowed down by 51 votes in favor and 39 against.

The leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, had decided to put it to a vote as a way to challenge Republicans to publicly position themselves against access to those medicines that almost all American women will ever use in their lives.

Among those who voted in favor were two Republican senators, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, who usually have more moderate positions than their co-religionists.

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Shortly after the vote, U.S. President Joe Biden reaffirmed in a statement that both he and Vice President Kamala Harris believe that “women in each state should have the freedom to make profoundly personal decisions about their health, including the right to decide whether they want to form or expand their family, and when to do so.”

Therefore, he promised that his Government will continue to work with the Democrats of Congress to protect the reproductive rights of women and try to restore at the federal level the protections against abortion that the Supreme Court annulled almost two years ago, which left the policies in the hands of each state in this regard.

Almost 90% of voters say that Americans should have the right to make decisions about contraception and choose their contraceptives without government interference, according to a recent poll by the progressive firm Impact Research.

Former US President and Republican pre-candidate Donald Trump (2017-2021) said in May in an interview with a Pittsburgh television that he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would publish a policy on the issue “very soon,” but then he retracted those statements.

In addition, the head of Biden’s campaign, Julie Chávez Rodríguez, warned on Tuesday at a press conference about the danger posed by Trump’s “extremism” to women’s reproductive rights and said that this will be one of the topics that Biden will bring to the debate he will lead with Trump on June 27, organized by CNN.

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In May, Trump said during an interview with a Pittsburgh television that he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would publish a policy on the issue “very soon,” comments that he later said had been misinterpreted.

Specifically, on his Truth Social platform, Trump assured that he “has never advocated or will advocate” for restricting the contraceptive pill and other contraceptives.

Almost 90% of voters say that Americans should have the right to make decisions about contraception and choose their contraceptives without government interference, according to a recent poll by the progressive firm Impact Research.