La portavoz del DNC, Aida Ross, ha emitido la siguiente declaración en respuesta a la propuesta de la administración Biden-Harris para la expansión más significativa de la cobertura de anticoncepción bajo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio en más de una década:

“El presidente Biden y la vicepresidenta Harris continúan cumpliendo su promesa de ampliar el acceso a una atención médica asequible y de calidad. La propuesta de hoy ayudaría a 52 millones de mujeres a acceder a anticonceptivos sin pagar de su bolsillo, la expansión más significativa del acceso a anticonceptivos bajo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio en más de una década. Mientras Donald Trump, JD Vance y sus aliados MAGA quieren acabar con las libertades reproductivas con su agenda extrema del Proyecto 2025, los demócratas luchan todos los días para proteger y ampliar el acceso a la atención reproductiva”.

Hoy, la administración Biden-Harris anunció una nueva propuesta para ampliar la cobertura de anticonceptivos en virtud de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio(la expansión más significativa desde 2012) que ayudaría a 52 millones de mujeres a acceder a anticonceptivos sin pagar de su bolsillo.

NBC News: “The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would provide women with private insurance access to over-the-counter birth control pills and other contraceptives at no cost, the White House said on Monday.

“The rule, which expands a federal mandate requiring health insurers to cover preventative care services at no cost to patients under the Affordable Care Act, is being proposed by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury. It would come into effect in 2025 if finalized.”

New York Times: “The White House announced on Monday that it would propose new rules under the Affordable Care Act that would require insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control at no cost to patients, as it seeks to expand access to contraception and cut out-of-pocket costs.

“The rules would include emergency contraception, a newly approved non-prescription birth control pill, spermicides and condoms and would affect 52 million American women of reproductive age who rely on private health insurance. They will be subject to a 60-day public comment period and, if finalized, would represent ‘the most significant expansion of contraception benefits’ in more than a decade, said Jennifer Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council.” 

Mientras tanto, la agenda del Proyecto 2025 de Trump eliminaría la garantía de acceso gratuito a la anticoncepción de emergencia a través de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio para casi 48 millones de mujeres.

National Women’s Health Network: “El Proyecto 2025 contiene muchas directivas perjudiciales. Las propuestas clave relacionadas con la salud sexual y reproductiva incluyen: […]

“Ordenar a la Administración de Recursos y Servicios de Salud (HRSA, por sus siglas en inglés) que elimine la cobertura de la anticoncepción de emergencia (EC, por sus siglas en inglés) según sus pautas de servicios preventivos, equiparando falsamente la EC con las píldoras abortivas con medicamentos”.

Center for American Progress: “Un nuevo análisis del Center for American Progress estima que si se promulgará el Proyecto 2025, casi 48 millones de mujeres en edad reproductiva perderían su acceso garantizado y gratuito a la anticoncepción de emergencia”.

Rolling Stone: “The attacks on mifepristone and resurrection of Comstock stand out as particularly harmful proposals, but they are only two of the dozens of ways the Republicans behind Project 2025 envision restricting access to abortion and contraception if they win the White House next year. Elsewhere in the document, there are proposals to eliminate the morning-after pill from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate under the rationale that it is a ‘potential abortifacient.’”

The 19th: “In [Project 2025], they encourage [Trump] to remove emergency contraception from the coverage mandate contained in the Affordable Care Act, saying it is a ‘potential abortifacient’ and ‘close cousin’ to mifepristone.”

Politico: “Conservatives’ ‘Project 2025’ blueprint includes proposals to require coverage of natural family planning methods and remove requirements that insurance cover certain emergency contraception.”

Cuando Trump estuvo en el cargo, casi logró su objetivo de derogar la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio y logró debilitar sus disposiciones. Combinado con la anulación de Roe, Trump ya es responsable de reducir el acceso a los métodos anticonceptivos para millones de mujeres.

Politico: “As president, Trump enacted several policies that made it more difficult for people, particularly the working class and the poor, to obtain contraception. […]

“During Trump’s four years in office, his administration slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and sought to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which has allowed at least 58 million women to access birth control with no out-of-pocket costs.

“Federal health officials in Trump’s administration also issued rules allowing virtually any employer to refuse to cover contraception in their health plans, a policy supporters of the former president hope will be restored in 2025.

“The administration’s biggest impact on contraception access came from its overhaul of the federal Title X program, which provides free and subsidized birth control, STD screenings and other services to millions of low-income people.”

Reuters: “The most recent attempt to repeal Obamacare fell one vote short in July, in a humiliating setback for Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.”

NBC News: “After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, fewer prescriptions for birth control pills and emergency contraceptives were filled in states with the most restrictions on abortion, a study found.

“That is likely because the bans led abortion clinics in those states — facilities where many women accessed birth control prescriptions — to close.”