Alaska’s U.S. senators remain noncommittal on a House-passed contraception bill as Sen. Murkowski pursues different legislation addressing birth control access:
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski would not say whether she supports a House bill passed Thursday that would codify the right to contraception, saying she is working on different legislation to safeguard the right.
228-195, with eight Republicans voting yes. Like Murkowski, Sen. Dan Sullivan also has not taken a position on the House’s contraception bill.on House legislation that wouldHowever, Murkowski said she is supportive of marriage equality, and Sullivan said he respects a previous Supreme Court decision upholding the right to same-sex marriage.
“I think that is an expectation and a reliance that most women in this country would say, ‘We’ve fought those battles, and we have prevailed on those,’” Murkowski said of contraception in an interview this week.
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