Missouri Democrat Debuts Ad Linking GOP Sen. Josh Hawley To Anti-IVF Efforts

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Source: Huff Post

Mar 28, 2024, 06:40 AM EDT


A Missouri Democrat is launching a TV ad targeting Sen. Josh Hawley and Republicans over IVF access, previewing what’s likely to become a predominant election-year attack from the left, even in red states.

Democrat Lucas Kunce, who hopes to take Hawley’s Senate seat in November, is launching a five-figure ad buy beginning Monday with a 30-second spot in which a Missouri mother describes having a baby after in vitro fertilization treatment and claims Hawley wouldn’t protect people’s right to the procedure. Hawley has previously denied taking that position.

“I just had this beautiful baby, and I held her and I just, like, knew I was meant to be her mom,” the Missouri woman, named Jessica, says. “Now there are efforts to ban IVF, and Josh Hawley got them started. Josh Hawley has proven that he won’t protect IVF and he would let politicians make me a criminal. “I want Josh Hawley to look me in the eye and tell me that I can’t have a child that I deserve,” she says.

The spot will air during shows on network and cable TV designed to appeal to women, such as “The Masked Singer,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” Kunce’s campaign said. “It’s not just about access to IVF,” Kunce told HuffPost. “That’s just the current moment. Missourians want to have the ability to control their own lives. We want the resources to make our own decisions, and we want the government to get out of the way ... IVF is such a great example of the extreme he’s willing to go to control other people’s lives.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/josh-hawley-lucas-kunce-missouri-senate-race-ivf-access_n_66049883e4b03f25dbfd6444

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[hlthe2b]

1. Good ad. I do like seeing male candidates taking this issue to the "mat."

It should NOT only be a female issue, but those who want to make it so, I predict will regret so intensely activating more than 50% of the US population.

[JohnSJ]

2. Democrats MUST put Trump and the republicans on the defensive

[groundloop]

3. EXCELLENT..... Rub their nose in it from now until November.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. The Groupies Of Putin want a white, male plutocracy.

[Mysterian]

5. I really have my doubts about Missouri

They seem to have gone all trump bumpkin with their state government. Like Tennessee and West Virginia.

[Lonestarblue]

6. Republicans always claim they'll fight for their voters' rights.

That can now easily be repudiated. I hope Kunce also shows the clip of Hawley running for his life in the Capitol—running away from the people he encouraged to attack.