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Republicans block Senate bill to protect nationwide access to IVF treatments

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Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization

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  1. Senate Democrats prepare for IVF push

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    Republicans block Senate bill to protect nationwide access to IVF treatments

    Headline from NBC 6 South Florida ·

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  1. NPR

    After Alabama's ruling, this senator's bill aims to protect national access to IVF (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Senator Tammy Duckworth has introduced a bill to protect access to IVF. She tells NPR about her own experience with fertility treatments and her attempts to build bipartisan support for her bill.

  2. Washington Examiner

    Senate Democrats dare Republicans to block IVF protections bill (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Patty Murray seek unanimous consent on their bill to protect IVF and other fertility treatments after a recent Alabama court decision.

  3. Roll Call

    Senate Democrats prepare for IVF push (opens Roll Call)

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    Roll Call's feed description

    Sen. Tammy Duckworth will ask for unanimous consent to pass her bill that would create a statutory right to access IVF.

  4. AL.com

    Senate Democrats push for federal IVF protection after Alabama embryo ruling (opens AL.com)

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    AL.com's feed description

    Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., said she will ask for unanimous consent to pass her bill that would create a statutory right to access IVF.

  5. CBS News

    Sen. Tammy Duckworth to bring up vote on bill to protect access to IVF nationwide (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The legislation, first introduced in 2022, would preempt state efforts to restrict the fertility treatment.

  6. WANE Fort Wayne

    Senators push to protect IVF for all (opens WANE Fort Wayne)

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    WANE Fort Wayne's feed description

    Illinois Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, whose two daughters are a result of IVF, is leading the charge to protect access to fertility treatments in every state.

  7. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Senate Democrats, led by Duckworth, to force vote on protecting IVF access nationwide (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    Senate Democrats on Wednesday will force Republicans to take a public stand in over in vitro fertilization and vote on the statutory right to IVF.

  8. NBC 6 South Florida

    Republicans block Senate bill to protect nationwide access to IVF treatments (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization

  9. Minnesota Reformer

    U.S. Senate Dems to try to push through legislation protecting in vitro fertilization (opens Minnesota Reformer)

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    Minnesota Reformer's feed description

    Their push to quickly approve the health care legislation comes shortly after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that fertilized eggs are children under state law, leading several of the IVF clinics in that state to halt their work.

  10. CNN

    GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith blocks legislation protecting IVF access (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked quick passage of a bill on Wednesday afternoon that would have enshrined protections for in vitro fertilization and for the doctors who perform the procedure.

  11. Michigan Advance

    U.S. Senate Dems to try to push through legislation protecting in vitro fertilization ⋆ Michigan Advance (opens Michigan Advance)

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    Michigan Advance's feed description

    WASHINGTON — A group of Democrats will attempt to pass a bill in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday protecting access to in vitro fertilization, saying its availability should not be restricted. Their push to quickly approve the health care legislation comes shortly after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled e…

  12. CBS News

    Senate Republican blocks bill that would protect access to IVF nationwide (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The legislation aimed to preempt state efforts to restrict the fertility treatment technology.

  13. AL.com

    Senate GOP blocks federal IVF protections proposed after Alabama embryo ruling (opens AL.com)

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    AL.com's feed description

    Cindy Hyde-Smith defended the embryo decision while Katie Britt called Republicans, including Trump, to argue for supporting IVF treatments.

  14. Politico

  15. The Guardian

    Senate Democrats to force vote on protecting IVF access across the US (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Tammy Duckworth will try to push Access to Family Building Act through after Alabama ruling deemed embryos ‘children’

  16. Fox7 Austin

    Bill aiming to protect IVF treatment in US blocked by Senate Republicans (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    Senate Republicans rejected a bill introduced by by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who used IVF treatments to have her two children after struggling with years of infertility.

  17. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Senate Republicans block IVF access bill (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in-vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice.

  18. Breitbart News

    Senate Republican Blocks Democrats' IVF Trojan Horse Bill (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Conservative groups sounded the alarm on the bill, noting it goes further than protecting IVF & blocks regulation of the fertility industry.

  19. Rolling Stone

    Republicans Block Bill to Protect IVF Access Nationwide (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked a bill on Wednesday that would protect the IVF access nationwide.

  20. Wisconsin Examiner

    U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization (opens Wisconsin Examiner)

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    Wisconsin Examiner's feed description

    A bill that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide was blocked in the Senate Wednesday

  21. Townhall

  22. The Federalist

    Hyde-Smith Blocks Democrats' IVF Bill But Whiffs On The ‘Why’ (opens The Federalist)

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    The Federalist's feed description

    Hyde-Smith’s adamance for ‘total access’ to IVF suggests she believes in the creation of children by whatever means necessary.

  23. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Senate Republican blocks bill to protect IVF after Alabama ruling (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    A Republican senator has blocked legislation that would protect in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technologies in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are

  24. Truthout

    Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocks Bill to Protect IVF (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    The Access to Family Building Act would establish a federal right to IVF and other assisted reproductive technology.

  25. Green Field Reporter

    Republicans block Senate bill to protect nationwide access to IVF treatments - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice. Sen.

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