FILE - Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks about a bill to establish federal protections for IVF during a press event on Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington. Senate Democrats are making a renewed push to show their support for ensuring nationwide access to in vitro fertilization.
“This will be one of the most important issues in the presidential campaign, and make no mistake about it, Joe Biden is fully for women’s reproductive rights. Donald Trump has opposed them time and time again,” Schumer said at an event in his home state last week.Right to children or children’s rights? Surrogacy debate comes to a head in RomeAfter Roe v. Wade was overturned, questions on reproductive care have mostly been turned over to individual states.
Meanwhile, GOP Sens. Katie Britt of Alabama and Ted Cruz of Texas have advanced a proposal that would threaten to withhold federal Medicaid funding from any state that would enact an outright ban on IVF treatment. Schumer has said Democrats intend to “spend a significant amount of time talking about reproductive rights” this month. As part of that push, Duckworth, alongside fellow Democrats Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Cory Booker of New Jersey, introduced legislation that packages four previous bills on IVF together.