{"id":2254073,"date":"2024-05-28T06:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gops-panic-to-protect-ivf-plays-right-into-democrats-hands\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T06:58:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:58:09","slug":"the-gops-panic-to-protect-ivf-plays-right-into-democrats-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gops-panic-to-protect-ivf-plays-right-into-democrats-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans&#8217; Rush to &#8216;Defend IVF&#8217; Directly Benefits Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-gops-panic-to-protect-ivf-plays-right-into-democrats-hands%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2254073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senators Ted Cruz and Katie\u200b Britt have introduced the &#8220;IVF Protection\u2063 Act&#8221;, a policy receiving quick resistance\u200c from\u200b conservatives. The Act is seen as a diversion from significant\u2062 issues like \u200binflation and\u200d immigration. Critics suggest the \u200dbill \u200cis a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-the-left-fears-cats-quizzer-more-than-mein-kampf\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: The Left Fears \u201cCat\u2019s Quizzer\u201d More Than \u201cMein Kampf\u201d\">political strategy<\/a> to appeal to moderate \u200csuburban women \u2064and undermine potential Democrat criticisms. However,\u200b some \u2062believe this strategy is detrimental to the Republican Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-illegal-aliens-flooded-the-southern-border-in-september-than-ever-recorded-in-a-single-month\/\" title=\"Record numbers of illegal aliens crossed the southern border in September, surpassing any previous monthly record.\">drawing unnecessary attention<\/a> to a non-issue while neglecting substantial voter concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Ted Cruz and Katie Britt have dug a trap for their fellow Republicans and are urging their colleagues to jump on in. The two senators (Cruz from Texas and Britt from Alabama) have introduced the \u201cIVF Protection Act,\u201d which would punish any state that tries to ban, or perhaps even regulate, IVF. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-racial-anxiety-conquered-an-orchestra-and-crushed-a-career\/\" title=\"How Racial Anxiety Conquered an Orchestra and Crushed a Career\">rightly earned<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/22\/theres-nothing-pro-life-about-ted-cruz-and-katie-britts-ivf-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immediate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/healthcare\/4677100-ivf-isnt-pro-life-or-pro-women-the-cruz-britt-bill-wont-change-that\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushback<\/a> from conservatives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ted-cruz-katie-britts-ivf-bill-misses-mark-opinion-1903688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointing<\/a> out that it is a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/23\/if-youre-pro-life-and-pro-family-you-cant-be-pro-ivf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrible<\/a> policy idea. <\/p>\n<p>It is also political folly. Every minute Republican leaders spend talking about IVF is a minute they are not talking about inflation, immigration, and other issues voters actually care about. But instead of addressing voters\u2019 top concerns, Cruz and Britt have taken the bait set by Democrats and the media and have shifted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-americas-first-native-american-cabinet-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms America\u2019s First Native American Cabinet Secretary\">focus back<\/a> toward IVF. Democrats must be thrilled. After all, there is no chance of any state banning IVF. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1045406558\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-800210edf88da2836346ea3aa6264c99 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-800210edf88da2836346ea3aa6264c99\"><\/div>\n<p>Yet Republicans such as Cruz and Britt have needlessly allowed the media to stampede them into a panic. They seem convinced they will lose moderate suburban women if they don\u2019t go all-in for IVF, and so this bill is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-you-know-the-fbi-was-this-corrupt\/\" title=\"Did You Know the FBI Was THIS Corrupt?\">transparently political attempt<\/a> to disarm Democrat lines of attack. This might be the dumbest political strategy since Hillary Clinton decided to ignore Wisconsin. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u2019 desire to campaign on IVF should be seen as a sign of desperation, just like their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorDurbin\/status\/1793442358039560675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacks<\/a> on Justice Alito for flying the \u201cAppeal to Heaven\u201d flag \u2014 which dates back to the American War for Independence \u2014 at his beach house. These are chaff meant to divert attention away from Biden making Americans poorer and less safe. And some Republicans are falling for it.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the GOP should welcome Democrats spending time and resources focusing on IVF. All Republican candidates need to do in response if they are badgered about IVF is to keep a cool head and say something like: \u201cThere is not a single state that is trying to ban IVF. Democrats are just trying to gin up a phony culture fight because they can\u2019t defend Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous presidency.\u201d And then they should list all the things voters rightly loathe about Biden\u2019s presidency. It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n<p>After all, campaigns aren\u2019t won by getting a majority of voters to believe they agree with you on every issue, but by getting a majority of voters to prefer you to the other guy for whatever reason. Getting dragged into a fight on an issue that most voters don\u2019t care about is political malpractice \u2014 especially if it is an issue on which the voters will probably trust the other guy more if they do stop to think about it. And no matter how they try, Republicans will never be able to be more pro-IVF than Democrats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fc98cef80fcf7d236f2ffdad1811bab4 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fc98cef80fcf7d236f2ffdad1811bab4\"><\/div>\n<p>Cruz and Britt might think their bill is clever triangulation. It is not. Triangulation is difficult to pull off and works best if it neutralizes a weakness quickly, allowing for a prompt pivot back toward one\u2019s strengths. The Cruz-Britt bill does not do this. <\/p>\n<p>Rather, it ensures that Republican internal wrangling and disputes over IVF will fester until the bill is passed or dead. And though opposition to IVF is a minority position, even in the GOP, there are still enough principled pro-life opponents of IVF to matter. Furthermore, this bill is objectionable to other GOP factions, such as legal conservatives and small-government advocates who tend to dislike sweeping federal mandates.<\/p>\n<p>Triangulation tries to win the center by distancing a candidate from the fringe of his own party. This works best when it is about issues the center really cares about. IVF, again, is not one of those issues, especially in a time of rising inflation, uncontrolled immigration, war in Europe and the Middle East, campus radicalism, and more. <\/p>\n<p>Running against Joe Biden\u2019s record as president is the easiest campaign platform ever, even with the baggage that having Donald Trump at the top of the Republican ticket brings. That Cruz, Britt, and others are instead trying to run on IVF illustrates the extent to which they are overawed by the liberal bubble they live in \u2014 physically, culturally, and politically. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7f09f55570c218583b4fa144d5e080f6 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7f09f55570c218583b4fa144d5e080f6\"><\/div>\n<p>It also demonstrates a lazy lack of commitment to conservatism. Deftly deflecting and disengaging from dishonest Democrat and media attacks, and then pivoting and counterattacking their weaknesses, requires understanding the issues. For instance, with regard to IVF, it might require knowing that the Alabama court case that kicked off this kerfuffle did not ban IVF; it just ruled that parents could legally hold a facility accountable for negligently allowing their embryonic children to be destroyed. <\/p>\n<p>That is not a difficult position to defend, but it requires politicians who are principled and diligent enough to know what actually happened and to explain it clearly and succinctly. Instead, a lot of Republicans freaked out as soon as Democrats and their corporate media allies raised a ruckus, and as Cruz and Britt show, they haven\u2019t stopped panicking since. But panic is a lousy way to run a campaign, or to serve as a senator. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-52f30503042fd9af6891382c8c81d0f0 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-52f30503042fd9af6891382c8c81d0f0\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators Ted Cruz and Katie Britt have set a challenging course for other Republicans with their &#8220;IVF Protection Act.&#8221; Their proposal seeks to penalize states attempting to ban or regulate IVF, resulting in swift resistance. This manoeuvre by the Texas and Alabama senators respectively, is proving to be a tightrope walk for their party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":538,"featured_media":2254074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/New-Twitter-Card-Template-20.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/New-Twitter-Card-Template-20.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/538"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}