Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Katie Britt (Alabama) are pushing legislation that would not prohibit states from using in vitro fertilization as a condition of receiving Medicaid funding.
text of measurement defines IVF as “the act of removing eggs from the ovaries, manually fertilizing them with sperm, and then placing them in the uterus.”
“Dystopian Nightmare”.
“This bill would require states not to ban in vitro fertilization as a condition of receiving federal Medicaid funding,” Cruz and Britt wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion. piece“IVF is extremely pro-family. Approximately 2 percent of births in the United States are the result of IVF, enabling tens of thousands of families to achieve their dreams of parenthood.”
“This bill does not prevent states from setting health and safety standards regulating IVF, nor does it force individuals or organizations to practice IVF against their will. As no such federal law currently exists, this bill simply ensures that access to IVF is fully protected by federal law,” the Republicans wrote. “This is an opportunity to unite in a shared bipartisan commitment to life, family, and individual liberty by protecting access to IVF treatment across America.”
but Blaze TV host allie beth stuckey presented a completely different view.
“‘IVF rights’ include the right to create, select, discard, buy and sell living human beings. It is a dystopian nightmare,” she said. tweeted Reply to post about the senator’s proposal.
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