{"id":2272538,"date":"2024-06-20T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T16:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-be-pro-life-politicians-must-stand-for-all-babies-from-conception-even-when-it-happens-in-a-lab\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:03:12","slug":"to-be-pro-life-politicians-must-stand-for-all-babies-from-conception-even-when-it-happens-in-a-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-be-pro-life-politicians-must-stand-for-all-babies-from-conception-even-when-it-happens-in-a-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians advocating for pro-life must protect all babies from conception, including those conceived in labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fto-be-pro-life-politicians-must-stand-for-all-babies-from-conception-even-when-it-happens-in-a-lab%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=2272538&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>The article discusses the \u200cconflicting stance of pro-life Republican \u2064senators who, despite their\u200c strong advocacy\u2064 for the sanctity of unborn life, have surprisingly endorsed \u200cnationwide access to in\u200b vitro\u2063 fertilization (IVF). The \u2062senators are criticized for inconsistency as IVF often \u2063involves\u200c practices \u200dsuch as \u200cdiscarding embryos, which \u200dcontradicts their\u2064 pro-life beliefs. The\u2062 procedure generally entails\u2062 harvesting\u2064 multiple eggs and fertilizing them to\u2064 improve the likelihood of conception, which results in many embryos being unused, \u2062graded, or abandoned. The article highlights that this support extends to ensuring IVF access for all, including those who might use it to create children in ethically questionable circumstances. This stance\u200c challenges the foundational\u200b pro-life perspective that life begins at conception and deserves protection from that point\u2062 onward, challenging the \u2064senators&#8217; previously held\u2064 positions and \u200dprompting questions about their commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/post-dobbs-the-abortion-battle-hits-activist-state-courts\/\" title=\"Post-Dobbs, The Abortion Battle Hits Activist State Courts\">pro-life principles<\/a> in all contexts.  <\/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>On paper, there appears to be a strong coalition of Republicans in the Senate who believe unborn life from the moment it begins is precious and worthy of protection. <\/p>\n<p>These GOP politicians don\u2019t simply self-identify as pro-life <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydesmith.senate.gov\/pro-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on and off the campaign trail<\/a>. All except three of them (Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, and Susan Collins) also wear <a href=\"https:\/\/sbaprolife.org\/scorecard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generous A+ ratings<\/a> from abortion-fighting organizations such as SBA Pro-Life America, which purports to evaluate which elected officials are truly serious about safeguarding the unborn.<\/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__b89e9-779937020\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f0dfb5400065d92816596ac3fcd8ddef fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f0dfb5400065d92816596ac3fcd8ddef\"><\/div>\n<p>Given almost all of the upper chamber Republicans\u2019 seemingly airtight reputations when it comes to the sanctity of life, it comes as a shock that they would sign onto a statement declaring unwavering support for a practice that routinely abandons and discards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/257066\/more-human-embryos-destroyed-through-ivf-than-abortion-every-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">millions of little lives<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, that\u2019s exactly what happened last week when every single one of the 49 senators who make up the GOP\u2019s share of the upper congressional chamber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britt.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6.12.24-IVF-Statement_49.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed<\/a> \u201cnationwide access to IVF\u201d under the guise that it has \u201callowed millions of aspiring parents to start and grow their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Standard practice for in vitro fertilization requires harvesting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-scheme-for-a-vote-on-their-most-radical-taxpayer-funded-ivf-bill-yet\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats Plan Vote on Their Most Extreme Taxpayer-Funded IVF Bill\">fertilizing multiple eggs<\/a> to increase the chances of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-led-bill-protects-ivf-industry-but-not-the-babies-it-routinely-kills\/\" title=\"GOP-Led Bill Shields IVF Industry, Neglects Lives It Ends\">successful petri dish conception<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/art\/artdata\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hundreds of thousands<\/a> of IVF cycles that occur in the United States each year suggest big batches of embryos are manufactured only to be pushed aside due to eugenics-esque genetic <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/07\/orchid-healths-genome-testing-promises-healthy-babies-but-delivers-morally-deplorable-eugenics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grading<\/a> that leads to discard or <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/02\/theres-only-one-way-for-the-1-million-embryos-stuck-in-frozen-orphanages-to-make-it-out-alive-adoption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abandonment in freezers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans\u2019 statement suggests that they want this reproductive tech available to anyone and everyone, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/22\/meet-5-accused-pedophiles-who-bought-kids-through-surrogacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including accused pedophiles<\/a>, who want to create <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/14\/california-bill-would-make-insurance-fund-unlimited-attempts-to-create-motherless-and-fatherless-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potentially motherless and fatherless<\/a> children by whatever means necessary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ff6ae3ba1aa91ca0a78a48441488e09a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ff6ae3ba1aa91ca0a78a48441488e09a\"><\/div>\n<p>The politicians who expressed \u201cstrong support\u201d for that process court and represent some of the most Christian, pro-life voters in the union. Their reasoning for standing behind big fertility and IVF, however, hinges on the same philosophy as the abortive practices they so vehemently detest \u2014 unborn children should only survive when they are wanted \u2014 and does not reconcile with pro-life beliefs.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Womb to Tomb\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>To be pro-life means to value the natural rights humans are endowed with at the very beginning. In an IVF setting, that means life begins in the split second an embryologist successfully deposits sperm on an egg. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cConception\u201d is not some arbitrary definition that activists concerned about the rise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-announces-major-investment-in-ivf-to-reverse-birth-rate-collapse\/\" title=\"China Announces Major Investment in IVF to Reverse Birth Rate Collapse\">assisted reproductive technology<\/a> imposed years after the fight for the unborn began. For years now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epm.org\/resources\/2011\/Apr\/27\/when-does-life-begin-quotes-many-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">modern science<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/acpeds.org\/position-statements\/when-human-life-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">medicine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/19-1392_6j37.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many states<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/learn\/pregnancy\/how-pregnancy-happens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion giant Planned Parenthood<\/a> have all agreed that life starts the moment sperm fertilizes an egg. <\/p>\n<p>Pro-lifers, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2022\/05\/senate-candidate-katie-britt-defends-pro-life-stance-after-durant-ad-blasts-her-about-ua-pregnancy-prevention-pills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sens. Katie Britt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/cruz-refuses-answer-personhood-during-msnbc-town-hall-msna832571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ted Cruz<\/a>, have long used this widely accepted definition to fuel their fight against the abortion industry. When it comes to IVF, however, they are either suspiciously quiet or suspiciously supportive.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2ee7f0933249fff017e8973485d37817 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2ee7f0933249fff017e8973485d37817\"><\/div>\n<p>Abortion activists often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-the-pro-abortion-movement-gets-right\/\" title=\"What The Pro-Abortion Movement Gets Right\">accuse pro-lifers<\/a> of only caring about babies until birth, something that the presence of <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/pregnancy-centers-provided-over-350m-of-services-goods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thousands of pregnancy centers and millions in monetary resources<\/a> for new parents easily refutes. Yet, Senate Republicans who have made the sanctity of life a hallmark of their careers have willingly walked into a trap by declaring that lives created in a lab are not as worthy of survival as lives that make it to the womb.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2024-02-26\/hunger-republican-party-medicaid-dobbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Outsiders<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/16\/if-pro-lifers-dont-get-back-on-offense-theyll-lose-all-their-dobbs-momentum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insiders<\/a> have speculated for two years now that the pro-life movement is grappling for a post-<em>Dobbs v. Jackson<\/em> message and platform to latch onto. Here is their time to shine. <\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s still plenty of work to be done when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/03\/every-state-facing-deceptive-unlimited-abortion-ballot-measures-this-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deceptive abortion ballot measures<\/a>, calling out the pitfalls of IVF and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) fits perfectly into the pro-life framework activists spent decades building.<\/p>\n<p>GOP politicians looking to live out their beliefs about the unborn should stop letting Senate Democrats with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/11\/senate-democrats-scheme-for-vote-on-their-most-radical-taxpayer-funded-ivf-bill-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">radical ART and abortion aims<\/a> goad them into a fight that invalidates their self-professed pro-life repute and should instead opt for action. <\/p>\n<p>They can start by decrying the denigration of human embryos as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/mar\/10\/virginia-judge-uses-19th-century-slavery-law-frozen-embryos-property\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">property<\/a> instead of designating them as people who deserve a chance to live. They should also consider cheering on states that move to restrict unethical and immoral reproductive methods instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/20\/gop-led-bill-protects-ivf-industry-but-not-the-babies-it-routinely-kills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introducing legislation<\/a> that sacrifices those states\u2019 rights to protect an industry that thrives on<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/14\/its-time-to-stop-treating-assisted-reproductive-technology-as-a-quick-fix-for-infertility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> putting profit over people.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Failure to protect blastocysts while claiming to value life beginning at conception is a moral failure that the Senate Republicans who signed the IVF statement are far too close to normalizing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ec19f8414a800bbdbd6031d230ef6de3 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ec19f8414a800bbdbd6031d230ef6de3\"><\/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>In the Senate, a robust group of Republicans champions the sanctity of life from conception, consistently advocating for pro-life policies beyond campaign rhetoric. 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