“These women have had their dreams shattered because Republicans believe a frozen embryo kept in storage at an IVF clinic is the same and should have the exact same rights as a living, breathing human person,” Murray said. Patty Murray slammed Republicans for blocking the unanimous consent request to pass the bill.
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‘These women have had their dreams shattered’ “It simply says you have a statutory right, should you choose to pursue assisted reproductive technology, that you would be able to do so,” Duckworth said. University of Alabama Birmingham pauses IVF treatments after court rulingĭuckworth defended her bill, saying that it protects individuals who are seeking IVF technology without fear of being prosecuted, protects the rights of physicians to provide that treatment and allows insurance companies to cover reproductive technology. However, clinics in the state have paused treatments following the ruling. She also argued that the Alabama case did not ban IVF. “I support the ability for mothers and fathers to have total access to IVF and bring new life into the world, and I also believe that human life should be protected,” Hyde-Smith said. Hyde-Smith argued that the bill was “overreaching,” and contained provisions with which she disagreed. “They likely would have never been born if I had not had access to the basic reproductive rights that Americans, up until recently, had been depending on for nearly a half century.”ĭuckworth said that after her service in Iraq, she struggled with infertility.
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“My girls are my everything,” Duckworth said, referring to her two daughters. Tammy Duckworth asked for unanimous consent to pass the IVF bill, a process that allows any one senator to prevent it from moving to the House.ĭuckworth has said she’ll press for a roll call vote on the bill at a later point to put every senator on record. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents could collect damages for their destruction, putting IVF programs in the state on hold. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama state Supreme Court decision.