GOP Sens Scramble To Find Reason To Oppose IVF Bill, Warning Of An ‘Anti-Religious Agenda’
“The bill allows for states to push for regulations that could severely reduce the standard of care for IVF treatment, such as restrictions on how many embryos are created and what individuals can do with these embryos — decisions that should only be made between patients and their doctors, based on science and clinical guidelines,” she added of the Cruz-Britt bill.
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Republicans introduce bill promoting ‘restorative reproductive rights’
The Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration Act, or RESTORE Act, was announced Thursday and co-sponsored by GOP Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.) and James Lankford (Okla.). The purpose of the bill appears to be to reduce the use of IVF services among people trying to have children.
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Senate Republicans block Democratic bill to protect IVF
A Democratic bill to protect in vitro fertilization (IVF) died on Thursday in the U.S. Senate, when all but two Republicans voted against it, leaving it short of the votes it needed to advance.
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Republicans Play Down State Efforts To Ban IVF As They Block Federal Bill To Protect It
The Senate took up a procedural vote on Democrats’ Right to IVF Act on Thursday afternoon. Democrats needed 60 votes to overcome the filibuster and proceed to a vote.
But just like they did in last week’s contraception vote, Senate Republicans blocked the consideration of the bill. Only Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) voted with the Democrats.
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