Senate GOP campaign arm urges candidates to support IVF after Alabama ruling

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Source: The Hill

02/23/24 1:16 PM ET


The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is urging its candidates to voice support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are people, leading multiple health systems in the state to pause their IVF work. In a letter sent to GOP candidates, the NRSC said the state court’s decision allows Democrats to “manipulate the abortion issue for electoral gain.”

“There are zero Republican Senate candidates who support efforts to restrict access to fertility treatments. NRSC encourages Republican Senate candidates to clearly and concisely reject efforts by the government to restrict IVF,” the letter said. The Alabama ruling is the first time a court has ever given rights and protections so early after conception. While limited only to the state of Alabama, the ruling has a far-reaching potential and may open the door to more battles over reproductive rights nearly two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

The decision found that embryos and fertilized eggs are considered children under the Alabama Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, even if they have yet to be implanted in a uterus. Experts say the new standard may make IVF much more expensive and inaccessible, but it does not make it illegal. The NRSC letter outlined its key messages for candidates running for Senate seats. It asks them to express support for IVF and “highlight the importance of these treatments in fulfilling the dreams of countless families to conceive.”

It also asks candidates to publicly oppose efforts to restrict IVF and other fertility treatments and frame their opposition “as a defense of family values and individual freedom.” The letter asks GOP candidates to advocate for policies that “increase access to fertility treatments.” “When responding to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, it is imperative that our candidates align with the public’s overwhelming support for IVF and fertility treatments,” the NRSC said in its conclusion.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4485231-senate-gop-campaign-ivf-alabama-ruling/

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They are freaked out and running scared.

[tanyev]

1. I was going to make a snarky comment about them blaming Democrats,

but apparently they are so shameless they have indeed done that.

[Lovie777]

2. Over 100 house magas agreed with the Alabama SC judge........................

where is the

[Raven123]

3. Sure. Oppose while a candidate, suddenly reposition once elected

Hope no one falls for that stunt

[Yavin4]

8. Look over there! It's Taylor Swift! n/t

[SarahD]

4. Not that easy.

Difficult to thread the needle between selective reduction of non-viable embryos, disposing of unused embryos, and the idea that every embryo is a person. Let's see how clever they think they are and what language they invent. My bet is that fertility clinics will continue to avoid anything within a mile of an embryo until the ruling is overturned.

[Freethinker65]

5. Why not SUPPORT WOMEN ??? Is it that hard to support women's reproductive healthcare???????

JFC.

These assholes will support the fertility industry, but not women's healthcare rights, not vaccines against childhood diseases, not public education, not supplemental nutrition for poor families...

[SarahD]

7. Women are people.

They don't like people, except for pre-people.

[BaronChocula]

6. Don't be fooled America

They still support a federal abortion ban.

Besides, they can't be taken at their word anyway.

[Raftergirl]

9. Their problem is that this ruling doesn't just effect women - it effects men who also want children.

And Republicans also use IVF to have children.