Senate to vote on IVF package as Democrats look to corner GOP

Washington — The Senate is group to ballot Tuesday connected authorities to protect entree to IVF arsenic Democrats look to tie attraction to Republicans' positions connected nan rumor pursuing erstwhile President Donald Trump's statements supporting nan fertility treatments.

The package, called nan Right to IVF Act, centers connected a correct to person and supply IVF services, while moving to make nan treatments much affordable. The authorities was blocked by Senate Republicans conscionable 3 months ago.

Now, Democrats are daring nan GOP to reconsider their votes, pinch less than 50 days until Election Day.

"If Donald Trump and Republicans want to protect people's correct to entree IVF, they tin ballot yes connected it," Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, who sponsored nan legislation, said successful an question and reply pinch PapaRead News. "He's shown that it only takes 1 condemnation from him, and nan Republican Party will autumn successful statement down him."

The rumor was thrust into nan nationalist spotlight early this year, erstwhile nan Alabama Supreme Court deemed that embryos are children nether authorities law, which prompted providers to temporarily halt fertility treatments successful nan state. Since then, amid interest astir entree to IVF successful Alabama and beyond, galore Republicans person expressed their support for nan celebrated fertility treatments, including Trump successful past week's statesmanlike debate. 

Democrats person sought to necktie IVF to reproductive authorities much broadly, arguing that nan 2022 determination overturning Roe v. Wade opened nan doorway to restrictions connected different procedures.

"From nan infinitesimal nan MAGA Supreme Court reversed Roe arsenic Donald Trump promised they would, Democrats warned that nan hard-right would not extremity location successful eliminating reproductive freedoms," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said successful a missive to colleagues connected Sunday, adding that "IVF has go 1 of nan hard-right's adjacent targets."

The New York Democrat said nan precocious enclosure would ballot again connected nan package owed to Trump's caller pledges of support for nan issue, including backing a instruction that would require security companies to cover IVF services, which is besides a proviso successful nan Democratic-led legislation. All but 2 Senate Republicans voted against nan measure successful June.

"So, we are going to springiness our Republican colleagues different chance to show nan American group wherever they stand," Schumer wrote. 

Senate Republicans person many times expressed support for IVF, while claiming that the  Democratic package goes excessively far. And erstwhile 2 GOP senators unveiled their ain package to protect entree to nan process successful May, Democrats quickly rejected it, questioning its scope and its enforcement mechanism, which makes continued entree to IVF a information for states to person national backing for Medicaid.

The 2 sides person yet to place a bipartisan path forward connected nan rumor arsenic they caput toward what will apt beryllium different grounded ballot connected nan IVF authorities Tuesday. 

Trump has been nether unit from aggregate sides successful caller months complete reproductive rights. While he's often touted his assignment of 3 of nan Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, he's besides said he believes that abortion should now beryllium near up to nan states. And his caller statements successful support of expanding entree to IVF, while claiming to beryllium a "leader connected fertilization," person earned him rebukes from conservatives who reason nan practice.