The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect access to IVF as Democrats look to draw attention to Republican senators' positions.
Washington — The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect access to IVF as Democrats look to draw attention to Republicans' positions on the issue following former President Donald Trump's statements supporting the fertility treatments.The package, called the Right to IVF Act, centers on a right to receive and provide IVF services, while working to make the treatments more affordable. The legislation was blocked by Senate Republicans just three months ago.
'From the moment the MAGA Supreme Court reversed Roe as Donald Trump promised they would, Democrats warned that the hard-right would not stop there in eliminating reproductive freedoms,' Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a letter to colleagues on Sunday, adding that 'IVF has become one of the hard-right's next targets.
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