“Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Patty Murray (D-WA) 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.
It is ten days until the second anniversary of when the Supreme Court eliminated “Roe v Wade” and, with it, threw out the Rule of Law. Now Senators Booker, Duckworth, and Murray are fighting back, but another battle was lost today. Meanwhile, here is a sample of upcoming important bills intended to help families.
- Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act (Senator Corey Booker D-NJ) — increases the affordability of fertility care—including IVF
- 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 that are covered under servicemembers’ and Veterans’ health care, including IVF, ART, and more
- Family Building FEHB Fairness Act (Senator Duckworth) requires Federal employee health insurance to cover IVF and ART
On Wednesday, 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.
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.
“Tennessee prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help.”