Senate Democrats will offer legislation Wednesday morning to reverse last week's Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court ruling on contraception coverage, though the measure has no chance of passing the House.

The measure from Sen. Patty Murray Patricia (Patty) Lynn MurrayTrump health officials grilled over reports of politics in COVID-19 response CDC director pushes back on Caputo claim of 'resistance unit' at agency The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Pence lauds Harris as 'experienced debater'; Trump, Biden diverge over debate prep MORE (D-Wash.) seeks to stop corporations from refusing federal healthcare coverage mandates on religious grounds.

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Murray is spearheading the effort by Senate Democrats to turn the tables on Republican supporters of the ruling ahead of the midterm elections.

The Democrats, aware that the House would never defy the court's ruling but confident the public sides with them, want to draw the GOP into a political fight over birth control in order to energize women voters.

Republicans say the strategy will neither fly with women voters, nor insulate vulnerable Democrats from losses in November.

In one specific race, the National Republican Senatorial Committee argues that its candidate, Rep. Cory Gardner Cory Scott GardnerJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Gardner on court vacancy: Country needs to mourn Ginsburg 'before the politics begin' MORE (R-Colo.), has gained the upper hand by saying women should be able to receive birth control over the counter.



Gardner has come under fire for his support for "personhood" measures that would ban commonly used forms of birth control, a stance he says he no longer holds.



In a window on the Democrats' strategy, Sen. Mark Udall Mark Emery UdallThe 10 Senate seats most likely to flip Democratic presidential race comes into sharp focus Democrats will win back the Senate majority in 2020, all thanks to President Trump MORE (D-Colo.), Gardner's opponent, will be the lead co-sponsor on Murray's bill.



The legislation will ban employers from refusing to cover healthcare services that are otherwise guaranteed under federal law. It would also clarify that the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not allow companies to disobey ObamaCare's birth control coverage rules.



Democrats fear that the court ruling could allow some companies to refuse to provide coverage for vaccines, blood transfusions and HIV treatments to their workers. The bill seeks to avoid this outcome.