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Maryland Democratic Senate Nominee Angela Alsobrooks held a press conference at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore Tuesday to discuss abortion rights. (WBFF)
Democrats' contraception bill failed a key procedural vote on Wednesday as Republicans slammed the broad proposal over parental rights and religious liberty implications.
The Senate voted 51-39 against moving forward with the "Right to Contraception Act."
The bill needed to garner 60 votes in order to move forward in the upper chamber.
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But Republicans claimed that it wasn't quite that simple.
Per the group of GOP lawmakers, the bill "infringes on the parental rights and religious liberties of some Americans and lets the federal government force religious institutions and schools, even public elementary schools, to offer contraception like condoms to little kids."
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Pro-life demonstrators hold signs while marching past the U.S. Supreme Court during the 46th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Jan. 18, 2019. People from around the nation gathered in Washington D.C. today for the annual rally against abortion, which included a video message from President Trump and an address by Vice President Mike Pence. (Getty Images)
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"This is another example of Democrats bringing forward deeply deceptive legislation to make political points and try to offer cover to vulnerable Democrats," she said.
However, "The devil is in the details," the senator explained. "This bill isn’t about access to contraception. It’s about pouring more taxpayer dollars to abortion purveyors like Planned Parenthood, while further trampling religious freedoms and parental rights."
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