Scoop: House GOP rushes to distance from Alabama IVF ruling

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

2 hours ago


House Republicans are quickly pushing back on an Alabama Supreme Court ruling restricting access to fertility treatments, with one GOP lawmaker already planning a legislative response, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Reproductive health care has been the central issue for House Democrats as they try to win back GOP-held suburban swing districts.

"We should do everything we can to protect IVF for women everywhere," Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told Axios. "We are currently drafting a resolution to express our sentiment and then looking at legislative options."

Mace has variably criticized and supported her party's pro-life positions, often warning that overly strict policies will cost the GOP key elections.

What they’re saying: House Republicans from districts President Biden won in 2020 also pushed back.

Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) said in a statement to Axios the ruling “goes too far,” while Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) said it will “rob countless Americans of the joys of family life.”

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) told Axios he wants to "give those who want to be moms and dads that opportunity. Therefore, I do not support restrictions on IVF."

"IVF allowed me, as it has so many others, to start my family," Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) said in a post on X. "I do not support federal restrictions on IVF."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/02/22/house-republicans-alabama-ivf-ruling

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. Just one more

“Dog catches the bus” moment. I am amused as hell.

[Talitha]

3. Not the sharpest tools in the shed, are they?

FAFO

[Rebl2]

2. A little late

aren’t you GOP

[Carlitos Brigante]

4. Oh hell no! You choke on that, you wretched fucking ghouls. nt

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Like we can believe them

Like we can believe them. The Republican Party is so beholden to the anti-abortion crowd that when antiabortion activists croak “Frog!”, Republican politicians have to hop around the room and try to catch flies with their tongues.

Before Dobbs, Republican politicians assured us that they’d leave exemptions for rape, incest, and the health of the mother. After Dobbs, those exemptions are GONE, GONE, GONE! Why in Sheol and Gehenna should anyone be fool enough to believe them?

[Hekate]

6. Wrap that sucker around them w duct tape so there is NO distance between any GOPper & IVF

…and this horrid ruling.