Saying YES to IVF
Does not make Republicans "Pro-life"
Trump’s VP pick, Senator Vance, is anti-IVF, saying, ‘There’s a war on women, but restricting IVF is also an infringement on male reproductive rights.’“
Vance voted against the Right to IVF Act in June. The bill would have protected the accessibility and affordability of in vitro fertilization (IVF) services nationwide.
U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Patty Murray (D-WA) have called out Senate Republicans’ hypocrisy after nearly every single Republican blocked the Senate Democrats’ Right to IVF Act despite publicly claiming to support IVF for the millions of Americans who rely on it to build their family. ..."
All but two Republicans voted no to IVF and, with that, no vote told American families that if they need help to build their families, they are out of luck.
Pro-Life? HA! HA!
They can't be "Pro-Life" or "Pro-Family" when they say no to women's health and women's pregnancies.
We’ve just passed the second anniversary of the Supreme Court eliminating Roe v Wade and, with it, the Rule of Law. Senators Booker, Duckworth, and Murray are fighting back, but there are not enough votes to even protect IVF.
Meanwhile, here is a sample of upcoming important bills intended to help families.
The Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act (Senator Corey Booker, D-NJ) increases the affordability of fertility care, including IVF.
The Access to Family Building Act (Senator Tammy Duckworth, D-IL) creates a nationwide right for patients to access IVF and other ART services.
Veteran Families Health Services Act (Senator Patty Murray D-WA) expands the right for fertility treatments and family-building services covered under servicemembers’ and Veterans’ health care, including IVF, ART, and more.e
Family Building FEHB Fairness Act (Senator Duckworth) requires Federal employee health insurance to cover IVF and AR.T.
Recently, I was stunned to read that the Southern Baptist Convention has voted to oppose vitro fertilization (IVF), saying it was "dehumanizing." 61% of the convention also voted to oppose women becoming pastors.
Kristen Samuelson, Northwestern Now: J.D. Vance’s ‘worrisome’ anti-IVF stance
Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post: Southern Baptist Convention votes to oppose in vitro fertilization
ProPublica is doing an incredible job of researching what happens to women and their hopes for families in states where, because of the fall of Roe v. Wade, they are refused health care services. The following is one of the Post-Roe news stories ProPublica has shared.
Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica, and Kavitha Surana, ProPublica: Mayron's Story, Post-Roe America
In this case, It is one year after Mayron was denied an abortion. She almost lost her life because she could not get the abortion she needed.
Now, with three children in state custody and a toddler at home, she has a three-month-old preemie that at birth had to be in the hospital for three months before coming home and gigantic medical bills. Only a GoFundMe account kept her and her husband from losing their home. Doing all this, they fight to get Mayron's three children out of state care and home.
"Tennessee prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. B once the babies are here, the state provides little help."
In summary, whether the cause is how desperately people who can't get pregnant need medical help like IVF or whether, like Mayron, who almost lost her life, medical intervention is necessary.