On Wednesday (July 14), Republican Congressman Jason Smith introduced the bill to stop healthcare providers from enabling conservators to push the use of birth control, inspired by events impacting Britney Spears. “By sharing her story, Britney Spears has exposed an injustice that should not have happened.
No woman should be forced to have an IUD without her consent,” Smith said in a statement. “Congress can and should put a stop to this terrible practice.” The Conservatorships Immoral Relationship with Contraception in the United States — or CIRCUS — Act would exclude health care providers from federal health care programs if they require a conservator’s consent to remove a contraceptive device from the subject of a conservatorship or