The senator’s bill to protect in vitro fertilization would have withheld Medicaid funding from states that ban the procedure. Democrats say IVF should be a federal right.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, speaks at a press conference about the United States restricting weapons for Israel, at the U.S. Capitol on May 9, 2024.We’re testing using AI-powered tools to provide an audio version of this story. While this audio recording is machine-generated, the story was written by human journalists.’s effort to protect access to in vitro fertilization was blocked on Wednesday as Democrats instead rallied around their own version of the legislation.
Republicans have since scrambled to address IVF, which has widespread public support and could become a liability for the GOP in the anti-abortion legal landscape. The bill was criticized from the right as well. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, called Cruz’s approach a “solution in search of a problem” and an attempt to prop up the fertility industry. Cruz and other Republican supporters were simply “looking for ways to inoculate themselves against potential political attacks,” the group said.
Cruz has previously criticized Democrats’ approach as “very broad” and claimed it would give the federal government authority over abortion. U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, who is running against Cruz in November, has sought to tie the legal limbo of IVF to Cruz’s anti-abortion stance and the fall of federal abortion rights.
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