{"id":2283745,"date":"2024-06-26T07:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chavez-deremer-leads-bill-to-make-ivf-more-affordable-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T07:28:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:28:40","slug":"chavez-deremer-leads-bill-to-make-ivf-more-affordable-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chavez-deremer-leads-bill-to-make-ivf-more-affordable-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chavez-DeRemer leads bill to make IVF more affordable &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fchavez-deremer-leads-bill-to-make-ivf-more-affordable-washington-examiner%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=2283745&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>Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) \u2064has spearheaded the introduction\u2064 of the Helping to Optimize\u200d Patients&#8217; \u2064Experience, or HOPE\u2062 with Fertility Services \u2064Act, aimed at expanding access to \u200bin vitro fertilization (IVF) by mandating coverage of infertility treatments in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-residents-fear-new-bill-gives-mental-health-professionals-authority-to-emancipate-12-year-olds-from-parents\/\" title=\"Californians worry about bill granting mental health professionals power to 'emancipate' 12-year-olds from parents.\">private health insurance plans<\/a>. This \u200dbill, co-introduced with bipartisan \u200bsupport from Reps. Zach \u200dNunn \u200d(R-IA), Debbie Wasserman \u2062Schultz (D-FL),\u2063 and Susan Wild (D-PA), strives to\u200d alleviate \u200dthe high financial costs associated with IVF, a burden highlighted\u200b by Chavez-DeRemer as preventing many\u200d couples \u2064from pursuing family growth\u200b despite\u2062 their desire to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of this legislation arrives amid\u2063 heightened political tensions surrounding reproductive healthcare, \u200cparticularly following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and subsequent \u2064state-level legal interpretations, like the Alabama Supreme Court&#8217;s\u2064 decision, which legally considered\u2062 frozen embryos as children, triggering \u200cpotential implications for IVF practices. The ruling prompted legislative\u2062 action within Alabama\u200c to grant IVF \u200cclinics immunity\u200c from potential \u200dcriminal and civil\u200d liabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u2064 have since utilized these developments \u2062to critique Republican stances \u2064as being \u200canti-women and\u2063 anti-IVF, especially targeting vulnerable Republican legislators in contested districts. However, Chavez-DeRemer has\u200d actively \u200cworked to distance herself from her party&#8217;s \u2064more controversial\u200b positions and focus on bipartisan \u2063initiatives that enhance healthcare access and affordability, particularly concerning women\u2019s reproductive health.  <\/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<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2436705\/amid-gop-leadership-drama-swing-district-rep-lori-chavez-deremer-focuses-on-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lori Chavez-DeRemer<\/a> (R-OR) is leading the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> bill on in vitro fertilization procedures as <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a> and women\u2019s reproductive healthcare take center stage in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez-DeRemer, along with Reps. Zach Nunn (R-IA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Susan Wild (D-PA), introduced the Helping to Optimize Patients\u2019 Experience, or HOPE with Fertility Services Act, on Wednesday. The bill would expand access to IVF by requiring private <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/health-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>health insurance<\/a> plans to cover infertility treatments, which would alleviate an \u201cenormous financial burden for women,\u201d according to the members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year, thousands of babies are born in the United States thanks to IVF,\u201d Chavez-DeRemer said in a press release first shared with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cUnfortunately, there are many more couples out there struggling with infertility who want to have children but can\u2019t afford the procedure.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Oregon congresswoman said she has been working on legislation that would gain bipartisan support to address the financial burden IVF can be.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to officially introduce the HOPE with Fertility Services Act, which will help more Americans start or grow their families and experience one of the greatest gifts and joys in life,\u201d\u00a0Chavez-DeRemer said. \u201cAs a proud mother of twin daughters, I\u2019ll keep working across the aisle to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-announces-144-million-to-increase-health-care-access-for-low-income-californians\/\" title=\"Newsom allocates 4M to enhance healthcare access for low-income Californians.\">improve health care access<\/a> and affordability for women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chavez-DeRemer\u2019s bill comes after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3056304\/dccc-targets-house-gop-over-abortion-on-anniversary-of-overturning-roe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>launched mobile billboards <\/a>attacking the Oregon Republican and four other House GOP lawmakers for their reactions to the overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. In a statement, Chavez-DeRemer dismissed the DCCC\u2019s ad campaign and said she has not been afraid to \u201cstand up to members of my own party on these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Under Chavez-DeRemer\u2019s legislation, three causes of infertility will be covered under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-latest-drug-pricing-moves\/\" title=\"What You Need To Know About Trump\u2019s Latest Drug Pricing Moves\">private insurance plans<\/a>: infertility due to a diagnosed disease or physical ailment that prevents the bringing of a child to full-term live birth; unexplained infertility, such as a couple who cannot conceive after trying for at least 12 consecutive months; and infertility or anticipated infertility due to a course of treatment for another ailment such as undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The HOPE with Fertility Services Act comes two days after the second anniversary of the overturning of <em>Roe<\/em> that occurred on June 24, 2022, rolling back federal abortion protections. Since then, Democrats have used the <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em> decision to target vulnerable Republicans and the GOP altogether as anti-women and anti-IVF.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, who are familiar with the Democrats\u2019 anti-abortion remarks, found themselves with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2867944\/how-alabama-ivf-ruling-cause-political-chaos-for-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>political headache<\/a> in February when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos were legally children and destroying them could constitute a crime. <\/p>\n<p>Most GOP lawmakers at the state and national levels sought to distance themselves from the ruling, and the Alabama state legislature passed a law in March that would extend criminal and civil immunity to IVF clinics for operations. However, Democrats have latched onto the IVF decision as another manner in which the striking down of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roe<\/a><\/em> is affecting more people than those who are anti-<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anti-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Alabama ruling still could deliver a severe blow to swing-seat members like Chavez-DeRemer, whose district is rated a \u201ctoss-up\u201d in the November elections\u00a0by the<em> Cook Political Report<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Statistically, many GOP voters are supportive of IVF treatments, so seeing restrictions placed on the medical practice could cause consequential damage to independent and centrist Republican voters, making IVF a central issue for Republicans to message on heading into the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several House Republicans such as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) have introduced IVF-related resolutions, while Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) put forward the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2921812\/anna-paulina-luna-introduces-ivf-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>first GOP-led legislation<\/a> seeking to offer protections to those who undergo or perform the IVF procedure. Wild also has a bill titled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/7056\/cosponsors?s=1&#038;r=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access to Family Planning Act<\/a>, which would \u201cprohibit the limitation of access to assisted reproductive technology, and all medical care surrounding such technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The HOPE with Fertility Services Act has the support of groups like RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an era of political polarization, we are thrilled to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-democrat-puts-a-noose-around-his-own-neck-in-dishonest-attack-on-rand-paul\/\" title=\"Black Democrat Puts A Noose Around His Own Neck In Dishonest Attack On Rand Paul\">bi-partisan legislation<\/a> to enhance access to fertility care,\u201d Elizabeth Ginsburg, president-elect of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, said in a statement. \u201cWe are grateful to Representatives Chavez-DeRemer, Nunn, Wild, and Wasserman Shultz for being able to find common ground on this important topic. We hope their example will inspire their colleagues to move this bill quickly to final passage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) spearheads a new House bill focusing on in vitro fertilization amid the 2024 election&#8217;s spotlight on reproductive healthcare. Joined by Reps. Zach Nunn (R-IA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Susan Wild (D-PA), the bill, named Helping to Optimize Patients&#8217; Experience (HOPE), aims to enhance fertility treatments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2283746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/lorichavezderemer.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32795,32794,32796,32468,32076],"class_list":["post-2283745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-affordable-healthcare","tag-chavez-deremer","tag-fertility-treatments","tag-ivf","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/lorichavezderemer.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283745","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2283745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2283745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2283745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2283745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}