In a 228-195 vote, lawmakers passed the Right to Contraception Act after limited debate and no amendments. The legislation, essentially a messaging bill doubtful to pass the 50-50 Senate, would form a federal right to obtaining contraception.
Overall, eight Republicans voted with every single Democrat to back the bill: Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Fred Upton of Michigan, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, John Katko of New York, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Maria Salazar of Florida.
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Republican Reps. Bob Gibbs and Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania voted present.
The vote was held in response to the Supreme Court's recent overturn of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. In its choice to throw abortion back to the states, the Supreme Court thought that there was no federal right to abortion.
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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas went a step further by authoring a concurring opinion that proposed the court should revisit different rulings including gay marriage and access to contraception. The opinion set off a firestorm on the left, with Democrats claiming that the country's highest court was preparing to strike down one precedent after another.
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Out of that concern arose the legislation, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"With this passage, Democrats will make clear," announced Pelosi, D-Calif. "We will never quit in the fight against the outrageous right-wing assault on freedom."
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House Republicans labeled the bill a political gimmick meant to encourage Democrats ahead of the midterms.
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"If we allow the majority to undermine constitutional safeguards for an imagined and fake emergency, they will create more imagined emergencies in the future to violate and undermine our constitutional principles," Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y.
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The Right to Contraception Act, presented by Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning of North Carolina, seeks to "protect a person's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception," according to text of the bill.
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The White House announced it "strongly supports" the bill in a statement Monday, continuing "access to contraception is essential to ensuring all people have control over personal decisions about their own health, lives, and families."
Earlier this week, the House passed a bill that would enshrine protections for same-sex marriage into federal law, with 47 Republicans joining Democrats voting in favor of the bill. It is unclear whether the bill can pass the Senate where no less than 10 Republicans are required to side with Democrats to overcome the filibuster's 60-vote threshold.
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