‘Parental rights’: GOP warns Dem Senate bill is about more than contraception [Video]

Republicans slammed a bill being considered by the Senate on Wednesday afternoon, saying their Democrat counterparts are “fearmongering” over access to contraception “to score cheap political points.”

“There is no threat to access to contraception, which is legal in every state and required by law to be offered at no cost by health insurers,” more than 20 Republican senators said in a joint statement.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., informed senators on Sunday that they should expect to vote on a bill designed to protect the right to contraception during the week, and he later announced that the bill was slated for Wednesday. 

DEMS IN HOT SEAT FOR ALLEGED ETHICS VIOLATIONS OVER ALITO RECUSAL DEMANDS

“This is not a show vote. This is a show-us-who-you-are vote,” Schumer saidat a press conference Wednesday ahead of the vote, responding to Republican criticisms that he was scheduling votes on messaging bills rather than bipartisan legislation with a …