The U.S. Senate voted June 5 to block the so-called “Right to Contraception Act,” which supporters said would protect women’s access to contraception. But conservatives say the bill would actually go much further and is part of a continuing campaign that Sen. Katie Britt (R-Alabama) called a “summer of scare tactics” being pushed by Democrats.

Conservative leaders pointed out that the bill’s vague wording could clear the way for minors to undergo transgender surgeries, as well as receive puberty blockers and procure abortions. The bill’s text reads, in part, that it is designed to “to protect an individual’s ability to make decisions about their body, medical care, family, and life’s course.” It also includes a loose definition of contraception, stating that it is “any drug, device, or biological product intended for use in the prevention of pregnancy, whether specifically intended to prevent pregnancy or for other health need.”

“In this case, the so-called ‘Right to Contraception Act’ is actually a Trojan horse for a very sinister aim: to establish in federal law a right for minors to undergo sterilizing sex-change procedures,” said American Principles Project President Terry Schilling. “The opening in the text is plain as day. And all it will take is one far-left judge to interpret it this way for every state-level protection for gender-confused kids to be completely wiped out.”

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said the Right to Contraception Act “has less to do with access to contraception than with funneling taxpayer dollars to the abortion industry.”

Sen. Britt added, “This is continuing the campaign of fearmongering we’ve already seen. Contraception is available in every state across the nation. … The bill tramples on foundational religious liberty protections that have long been bipartisan.”

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