Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) on Tuesday refused to block CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins from telling the truth about an IVF bill.
On the same day, the Senate The bill could not be passed. It would provide federal protections for in vitro fertilization. It was the second time the bill failed, as nearly every Republican senator voted against it. The only two Republicans to vote in favor were Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).
“No, Kaitlan, you can't stop me there.”
Democratic rhetoric quickly shifted to saying Republicans were again trying to restrict rights and block fertility treatments.
Collins herself echoed that story: Before introducing Cotton onto the show, she said:
Senate Republicans today blocked a bill that would guarantee access to something that many of them say they support, something that Donald Trump also says he supports. Democrats tried, and failed again, to pass this bill that would guarantee access to IVF across the country, and tonight they're trying to use this vote to attack the Republicans who said “no.”
When it was finally Cotton's turn to speak, he told Collins, “You need to correct almost everything you said in your lead statement.”
“First, there are no risks to IVF in this country. All 49 Republican senators join President Trump in supporting IVF. No state restricts or bans IVF,” Cotton explained. “Second, this bill is not specific to IVF.”
Collins immediately became defensive, despite having stated just these two basic facts. But Cotton made the facts clear. What is actually in the bill?.
“You said we must guarantee access, and currently access is guaranteed in all 50 states,” he explained. “You also said it's about IVF. This is more than IVF. This bill would mandate insurance coverage for experimental and controversial procedures like cloning or gene editing or fertility treatments for men who identify as women, whatever that means.”
And when Senator Cotton tried to explain that the bill would “also put religious freedom at risk” by forcing Christians to act against their conscience, Senator Collins tried to cut him off.
“Let's stop there,” she said.
“No, Kaitlan, you can't stop me there,” Cotton retorted, “because you've misunderstood what the bill is about. This bill is about infringing on religious freedom.”
As the interview progressed, Collins repeatedly defended the bill, arguing that it was “about ensuring access to IVF.” But Cotton said that access to IVF was At first glance It's already guaranteed, because no state has limited it.
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