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GOP Senators Block Bill to Protect Access to In Vitro Fertilization

HeadlineSep 18, 2024

Back in the United States, Republican senators have once again blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization and require health insurers to cover the fertility treatment. The Right to IVF Act was sponsored by Illinois Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, who personally struggled to become pregnant before turning to IVF to conceive her children. 

Sen. Tammy Duckworth: “Now that freedom to get reproductive care is at risk for millions of other women whose most desperate hope in the world is to have a little one of their own. Make no mistake: That isn’t some future nightmare; this is our present reality.”

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