Kate Santaliz is an associate producer for NBC News’ Capitol Hill team.
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats is announcing a legislative package to protect in vitro fertilization Monday, an election-year push to put reproductive rights at center stage. The Right to IVF Act, led by Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Patty Murray of Washington and Cory Booker of New Jersey, includes four bills to preserve access to IVF and make it more affordable to get the procedure, which has helped millions of families have children.
, who said in her objection that the Alabama decision “did not ban IVF, nor has any state banned IVF.” Sens. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, then introduced their own proposal that claims to safeguard IVF last month. The bill, titled the IVF Protection Act, wouldn’t compel providers to offer IVF, but states would lose Medicaid funding if they outright banned access to the procedure.
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