US Senate may vote on IVF bill today after Alabama Supreme Court ruling
Sens. Katie Britt and Ted Cruz tried in June to pass a bill that would threaten to withhold Medicaid funding for states where IVF is banned.
Senate blocks IVF legislation, both party bills fail to pass
Election season is heating up, and at the center of the debate are reproductive rights, with particular attention to in vitro fertilization. Two pieces of legislation under their respective political parties failed to pass.
US Senate IVF bill fails after Republicans block it, despite Trump support
The U.S. Senate is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill to enshrine federal protections and expand insurance coverage for fertility treatments, days after Republican former President Donald Trump surprised supporters by saying he would support such a law.
Democrats' bill to protect IVF fails again: Why Republicans blocked it
In vitro fertilization, used to treat infertility, has come become a political issue in 2024. A U.S. Senate bill protecting the procedure failed.
Democrats target GOP over reproductive rights as election nears
Democrats are seeking to spotlight Republicans’ unpopular stances on reproductive rights a few weeks before the 2024 election with a Senate vote and campaign messaging.
Senate IVF bill fails again to advance on mostly party line vote
Senate Majority Leader Schumer wanted to put Republicans on record with their vote on IVF, which has become a flashpoint in the presidential election.
Republicans vote down IVF bill
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GOP kills IVF bill one week after Trump claims to be ‘leader on fertilization’
The Senate once again took a vote on protecting IVF, but Trump—the self-proclaimed “leader on fertilization” who is never shy about forcing his Republicans to support or kill a bill—was nowhere to be found.
Ted Cruz leads fight to block Democrats' IVF bill that he blasted as an 'empty show vote'
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday led the effort to block a bill by Senate Democrats that they said would protect in-vitro fertilization in America. But on the Senate floor, Cruz blasted the Democratic bill as a cynical show vote,
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Britt leads GOP senators into getting Democrats to block Kamala Harris ‘flip-flops’ on border wall, fracking
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