Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) mentioned that Democrats “use” in vitro fertilization (IVF) accessibility issues “as a scare tactic” in an interview Sunday.
“Senator Ted Cruz and I led a letter with all 49 Republican senators signing on saying they strongly assist nationwide entry to IVF,” Britt advised “Fox Information Sunday” anchor Shannon Bream. “And the reality is, Democrats proceed to make use of this difficulty as a scare tactic, as a result of IVF is authorized and accessible in all 50 states. And President Trump has made it completely clear that he’ll proceed to guarantee that that is the case.”
Trump mentioned late final month that his administration would defend IVF accessibility and have both the federal government or insurance coverage firms pay for the therapy if he will get again into the White Home.
“We’re going to be — underneath the Trump administration, we’re going to be paying for that therapy,” Trump mentioned in an NBC Information interview, additionally including that being relevant to “all People who get it; all People who want it.”
Vice President Harris’s marketing campaign criticized the promise by the previous president to pay for IVF, beforehand stating it was “considered one of his most brazen lies but.”
“Donald Trump’s personal platform might successfully ban IVF and abortion nationwide. Trump lies as a lot if no more than he breathes, however voters aren’t silly. As a result of Trump overturned Roe v. Wade, IVF is already underneath assault and girls’s freedoms have been ripped away in states throughout the nation,” Harris-Walz marketing campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika mentioned in a previous assertion.
Fears about IVF accessibility gained prominence within the final 12 months, particularly within the wake of the Alabama Supreme Courtroom ruling that frozen embryos, in addition to fertilized eggs, are thought of folks underneath the regulation and that those that destroy them may be held responsible for loss of life. Nonetheless, lawmakers speedily pushed by laws on civil and prison legal responsibility for IVF suppliers, permitting IVF companies, a lot of which had been halted, to renew.
“So that you voted in opposition to a measure, although, that was supplied up by Democrats on IVF within the Senate there,” Bream mentioned throughout Britt’s “Fox Information Sunday” look. “And so they proceed to level to that to say Republicans aren’t supportive of defending IVF. Why did you vote no?”
Britt responded by stating that “as an alternative of placing” laws together with “funding payments on the ground,” Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “selected to place an IVF invoice on the ground for a present vote.”
“That invoice prolonged into human cloning,” Britt added.
The Hill has reached out to Schumer’s workplace for remark.
In an emailed assertion to The Hill, Democratic Nationwide Committee spokesperson Aida Ross mentioned “when Donald Trump’s MAGA lackeys within the Senate had the prospect to guard IVF entry for many who need to begin or develop their household, they voted in opposition to it — together with JD Vance.”
“Trump is the explanation why IVF is in danger within the first place, and the American individuals are not falling for his MAGA minions’ determined spin to cowl for his excessive, anti-choice Challenge 2025 agenda,” Ross continued.
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