Republicans just blocked a vote on an IVF bill—again

Trump claims to be a “leader on fertilization.” His party wants to leave it up to the whims of states, with disastrous consequences.

Trump told many lies at last week's debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. One, it seems increasingly clear, is the stumbling claim---meant to shore up his support of in vitro fertilization, or IVF---that he is "a leader on fertilization."

On Tuesday, Senate Republicans provided even more evidence of Trump's lie, by voting---again---to block a floor vote on a bill that would protect IVF access nationwide. Introduced by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), who said she used IVF to give birth to her two daughters, the legislation would prevent states from enacting restrictions on fertility treatments.

Trump has done far more to impede IVF access than protect it. He is, in fact, the reason it's in the news at all: Trump appointed three of the five conservative Supreme Court justices who overruled Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, imperiling IVF access in states like Alabama. (The state's Supreme Court ruled in February that frozen embryos, often discarded in the IVF process, could be considered children under state law.)

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