‘The View’: Whoopi Goldberg Suggests Senate Ban Men From “Self-Gratification” After Republicans Block Birth Control Bill 

Whoopi Goldberg was incensed by Senate Republicans voting to block a bill in early June that would have made contraception a federal right.

On this morning’s episode of The View, the panel discussed the vote on the Right to Contraception Act, which Republicans said wasn’t needed because birth control is currently protected under the Supreme Court, per NBC News.

(Editor’s Note: The View is currently on hiatus; contrary to what you may have heard, The View was not canceled today. This article was originally published on June 6, 2024 when this episode first aired. The View will return with new episodes in September.)

The vote ended in 51-39, not meeting the 60 votes required to move the bill forward. After playing clips of both Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer weighing in on the issue, Goldberg gave her own heated take.

“I do not understand. If there’s nothing to see here, why are we talking about it? Why are we having a discussion?” she wondered. “Why are you so obsessed with what I do with my body? Why don’t you— see, because they don’t say, let’s, you know, let’s make it harder to get condoms.

“Let’s make a law where you say to men, hey, no self-gratification here. Make that a law. And see how fast we can move it because I’m tired,” Goldberg continued. “You know, I always say this, and I’ll say it this time: I appreciate everybody’s religious beliefs. They are your religious beliefs, and I stand by your right to believe what you want.”

She then added, “I don’t know why you are not willing to allow me to take care of my body, why you need to be part of it. I don’t get it!”

Putting her hands in her hair, she asked, “Am I crazy?”

Goldberg is often vocal about women’s healthcare and the right to choose what someone does with their own body on the show. Back in March 2023, she argued with co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin about birth control after Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom stopped business with Walgreens after the company chose not to sell abortion medication in certain states.

She also often defends pregnant people’s right to abortion on The View. In an April episode earlier this year, Goldberg reiterated that nobody has to have an abortion, but those who do undergo the procedure have her full support.

“No one is obligated to have an abortion. So you never have to have one. And I hope no one ever has to have one,” Goldberg said at the time. “But if you find yourself in a position where you have to, I want to make sure — and I’m way past having kids — I want to make sure that if you decide this is what you need to do, I’m going to get behind you.”

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