Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth (IL) and Patty Murray (WA) plan to bring up a vote under unanimous consent on Wednesday on a bill they first introduced in 2022 that would put federal safeguards on IVF treatment. The legislation, the Access to Family Building Act, would give federal protections to in-vitro fertilization treatment and override any limits imposed on the practice by individual states (cough, cough Alabama).
Mace is sending around a non-binding resolution that she has asked her colleagues to consider cosponsoring by the end of the day Thursday. The resolution would have no impact on federal laws if it passed and would primarily just declare support for IVF and call on elected officials “at all levels of government” to “proactively pass legislation to protect access to fertility care and assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization,” according to Business Insider, which obtained a copy of the resolution.
Another issue on which the reactionaries hope to get away with offering ‘thoughts and prayers?’
These far-right men continue to show that they’re just complete fucking weirdos. He’s been tweeting about this for the past day.
Do you think it’s weird for a grown man to go stand in line and get an ice cream cone completely by himself? (No kids, no wife, no girlfriend, no friend group, no purchase for others, just a cone for himself.)
Democrats need to PRESS the IVF issue and PRESS it hard!!! Schumer should have more votes in the Senate to protect IVF and put Republicans in uncomfortable positions!! Make them sweat!!
Geez, you almost get the feeling that these highly personal decisions on reproductive health should be left for women to thoughtfully consider in private.
These are the same cretins who some years back injected themselves into a decision on whether a patient with prior informed consent could be removed from life support, placing their insistence on control ahead of her wishes.
They have never changed. In fact, they’ve grown worse.
“No one has IVF to destroy life, they have IVF to create life,” Rubio added. “Unfortunately, you have to create multiple embryos, and some of those are not used, then you’re now in a quandary.”
Damn straight, dumbass!
Your entire party has painted itself into a corner by disingenuously peddling “Human life begins at the moment of conception!” to the rubes, without any forethought about the glaring contradictions to which it inevitably led – and which anyone not blinded by hate and avarice could see.
While Democrats, who weren’t willing to sell their souls for Xofascist votes, have you by the ghoulies, and are gonna politically drive that wedge right down your throats from now until November. And there’s no way out, jackass.
We’re coming for you in November – led by strong, confident, and very pissed-off women.
How does it feel to see the consequences of your own assholery hurling down the tracks, straight toward you, like a speeding freight train?
Nah, it’s better than that: when Republicans sign-on to co-sponsor the resolution, Duckworth can then point to that resolution, which calls on them to ‘pass legislation to protect access to fertility care’.
Mace is literally handing the Democrats ammunition.
Mace is sending around a non-binding resolution that…would have no impact on federal laws…and would declare support for IVF and call on elected officials “at all levels of government” to “proactively pass legislation to protect access to fertility care and assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization,”
SO BASICALLY, THE “WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE DO MY JOB FOR ME” ACT. FUCK THESE FUCKING FUCKS.
