The US Senate is expected to hold a vote on Tuesday on a bill that would guarantee access to in vitro fertilization nationwide –- a move that comes as Democrats seek to pressure Republicans over the issue in the run-up to the November elections.
WASHINGTON — Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters that Senate Republicans will have to go on the record with their position on IVF in a vote being held today.
Democrats blocked an attempt by Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Katie Britt (Ala.) to pass a GOP in vitro fertilization access bill, repeating a similar showdown that occurred earlier this year.
It’s the second time Republicans have blocked the measure, which they have decried as a political exercise. Democrats say the sequel vote was aimed at getting GOP lawmakers on the record on in vitro fertilization.
Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill that would have created a right to access IVF treatments and mandated that insurance plans cover the practice, deriding the vote as a political ploy.
Senate Republicans blocked a bill to ensure federal protections for access to in vitro fertilization treatments, calling it a "show" vote by Democrats. Republican leaders and Former President Trump, the GOP nominee for president, say they back IVF but not the legislation proposed by Democrats.
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked consideration of a Democratic-led bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization, the latest effort to put the GOP on defense.
WASHINGTON >> A U.S. Senate bill aimed at enshrining federal protections and expanding insurance coverage for fertility treatments failed today, as Republicans voted against it days after Donald Trump surprised supporters by voicing support for such a policy.
Senate Republicans on Tuesday for the second time blocked a Democratic bill that would have created a federal right to in-vitro fertilization and guaranteed insurance coverage of IVF and other fertility treatments.
