The Dorado legislature has imposed a 20 percent surcharge on the cost of contraception but has defined contraception to include only products used by women. The purpose of the surcharge is to fund anti-violence programs to help reduce domestic violence and sexual assault. You are a civil rights attorney and have been approached by a local clinic that provides free birth control products to a mostly female clientele. The surcharge is making it difficult for them to continue to provide this service. They have asked you whether the surcharge violates the Constitution. What do you tell them?

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