Washington, D.C. — Today, Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would protect in vitro fertilization (IVF) access nationwide. In response, Emily Gee, senior vice president for Inclusive Growth at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, shared the following statement:
Republicans have been on a relentless crusade to strip women of their fundamental freedom to control their own reproductive destinies and medical decisions—seeking to ban abortion, restrict contraception, and limit fertility options for Americans trying to grow their families. They have been emboldened and enabled by Donald Trump and his hand-picked U.S. Supreme Court justices, who have misinterpreted the Constitution to rip away Americans’ rights and enforce their extreme MAGA ideology on all of us.
Senate Republicans’ decision to block legislation affirming Americans’ ability to obtain IVF treatment is a moral abomination as well as an insult to families devastated by the Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Today, they have made painstakingly clear that there’s no limit to their agenda to intrude upon women’s most personal decisions. That is an intrusion that Americans will continue to reject.
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