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Results of a new survey show many young people are worried about losing access to birth control.

The survey, by the nonprofit Power to Decide, found about seven in 10 young adults think the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which protected the right to an abortion, will also limit access to birth control.

Federal lawmakers have stepped in to try to codify rights to birth control, with the Right to Contraception Act, which passed in the House but is stalled in the Senate.

Tara Mancini, director of public policy at Power to Decide, noted there are actions which could be taken at the state level.

"We've seen some states work to amend constitutions to give folks the right to abortion," Mancini observed. "Michigan was even more broad, recognizing the right to, not just abortion, but sexual and reproductive health care."