Connecticut Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are co-sponsoring a bill expanding access to family planning in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The bill, which was introduced by Senators Tina Smith, D-Minn.; Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Wednesday, is co-sponsored by 28 Democratic senators, along with one Independent, Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

A summary of the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act describes why many senators are seeking to enact the legislation.

“After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eviscerated the constitutional right to an abortion, more American women will need the family planning and preventive reproductive health care provided at Title X clinics,” the summary reads. The program “is funded through the annual appropriations process, subjecting the program to an unpredictable, inconsistent funding stream.”

The bill would account for $500 million in mandatory funding for Title X services each year for the next 10 years. It also would provide $50 million in mandatory funding for clinic construction and renovation each year for the next 10 years.

It is the only federal program providing preventive health and family planning services. In 2020, more than 1.5 million patients used it for family planning services.

“This critical legislation would boldly bolster federal Title X funding— supporting birth control, pregnancy counseling, cancer screening and other vital health care — which are more important now than ever,” Blumenthal said in the news release.

Murphy said that as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe, “Republicans across the country have been emboldened to pursue an even more radical assault on reproductive health care.”

“Access to family planning, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, lifesaving cancer screenings, and other essential health services are all at risk,” Murphy added.