{"id":2342422,"date":"2024-09-17T16:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-stop-letting-democrats-corner-you-on-ivf\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T16:20:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T20:20:35","slug":"republicans-stop-letting-democrats-corner-you-on-ivf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-stop-letting-democrats-corner-you-on-ivf\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans, Stop Letting Democrats Corner You On IVF"},"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\">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%2Frepublicans-stop-letting-democrats-corner-you-on-ivf%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=2342422&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-reacts-to-bump-stock-supreme-court-decision-the-court-has-spoken\/\" title=\"Trump campaign responds to Supreme Court&#039;s bump stock ruling: &quot;The court has spoken.\">provided text discusses<\/a>\u2064 the \u2062legislative debates surrounding reproductive technologies, particularly in vitro fertilization (IVF) and <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> (ART), in\u200d the United States. It highlights a conflict between\u200c Senate\u2062 Democrats and Republicans regarding the funding and ethical implications of these technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Key points include:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Legislation and Taxpayer Funding for ART**: Recent legislative proposals aimed to permanently \u2062fund ART services, including\u200b egg and \u2062sperm freezing, IVF, and surrogacy for U.S. servicemembers and veterans. The text \u2062suggests that this approach prioritizes\u2064 &#8220;babies \u200cby any means necessary&#8221;\u200b over adoption and treatments that address the root causes of\u2062 infertility.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Failed \u2062Legislative Attempts**: A specific legislative package \u2064attempting to secure rights and funding for IVF failed to \u2063gain\u2062 sufficient votes in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Chuck\u200b Schumer and Senator Tammy Duckworth seek to revisit this issue, framing it as a \u200ctest of Republican consistency regarding IVF support.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Pro-Life Concerns**: \u2064The article critiques the pro-life stance of many Republicans, suggesting that their support for IVF contradicts their claims about the\u200c sanctity \u2062of life beginning at\u200c conception. \u2063It argues \u200cthat IVF practices\u200b often lead to the destruction of embryos and raise\u2062 ethical issues that conflict with\u200d pro-life ideals.<\/p>\n<p>4. **Political Maneuvering**: The situation is portrayed as a partisan struggle, with Democrats leveraging\u200c the issue \u200bto highlight Republican contradictions and to push \u2064their agenda on\u200b reproductive rights.<\/p>\n<p>5. **Critique of the Fertility Industry**: The text argues that the fertility industry often prioritizes profit over ethical considerations and \u200cwomen&#8217;s health, and it expresses concern about the implications of genetic testing and the commodification of human life through ART.<\/p>\n<p>the article suggests a complex political landscape surrounding reproductive\u2064 technologies in the U.S., with significant \u200dethical, moral, and political dimensions at play.  <\/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>To boost their abortion and in vitro fertilization agenda and rhetoric ahead of the rapidly approaching 2024 election, Senate Democrats forced a second vote on an extremist legislative package that would effectively shield the multi-billion dollar fertility industry from oversight and regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murray.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Right-to-IVF-Act-Summary-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Right To IVF Act,&rdquo;<\/a> introduced by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., lumps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duckworth.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/duckworth-murray-booker-unveil-sweeping-legislative-package-to-establish-a-nationwide-right-to-ivf-and-lower-ivf-costs-for-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several radical Democrat-led assisted reproductive technology (ART) bills<\/a> into <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\">one<\/a> to ensure the unlimited&nbsp;creation, <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\">indefinite freezing<\/a>, and destruction of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/health\/news\/9772233\/1.7-million-human-embryos-created-for-IVF-thrown-away.html?fbclid=IwAR236ZCW0wlEm5GHZSXK9VXcRyIvZDmxWlWALTi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">millions of embryos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murray.senate.gov\/murray-duckworth-booker-unveil-sweeping-new-bill-to-establish-a-nationwide-right-to-ivf-and-lower-ivf-costs-for-families-legislation-will-receive-a-vote-in-the-senate-next-week\/#:~:text=Senator%20Murray%20and%20Duckworth's%20Access,to%20cover%20IVF%20without%20prohibition%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">self-proclaimed &ldquo;sweeping&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;bill are vague language and undefined terms that would force Americans with moral objections to ART to<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>fund the manufacturing of<em>&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/05\/gay-couple-in-nyc-demands-taxpayers-fund-creation-of-motherless-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">motherless and fatherless children<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/19\/two-time-surrogate-says-renting-wombs-hurts-women-and-babies-i-would-never-encourage-another-woman-to-do-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commercial surrogacy<\/a>, experimental&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/17\/worried-about-an-ai-dystopia-the-global-fertility-industry-has-it-beat-by-decades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transhumanist<\/a>&nbsp;technologies like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/15\/with-artificial-wombs-sci-fi-horrors-would-become-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">artificial wombs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/10\/how-one-scientist-lost-big-trying-to-genetically-enhance-unborn-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;gene editing,&rdquo;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/22\/the-global-fertility-industry-seeks-to-erase-women-from-procreation-one-manufactured-egg-at-a-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reproduction without women<\/a> via in vitro gametogenesis. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the package would make a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.murray.senate.gov\/senators-murray-duckworth-reps-larsen-jacobs-reintroduce-legislation-to-help-veterans-start-their-families-provide-major-expansion-to-covered-fertility-care-services-at-dod-and-va\/#:~:text=The%20Veteran%20Families%20Health%20Service,families%20in%20the%20Armed%20Forces.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">permanent path<\/a>&nbsp;for taxpayer-funded ART like egg and sperm freezing, IVF, and surrogacy for millions of U.S. servicemembers and veterans. It also incentivizes the promotion of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/09\/babies-by-any-means-necessary-wont-fix-the-wests-fertility-woes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">babies by any means necessary<\/a>&nbsp;above adoption and&nbsp;<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\">restorative reproductive treatments<\/a>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/25\/what-if-we-can-heal-infertile-women-rather-than-turning-to-expensive-unethical-ivf-treatments-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">address the root causes of infertility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation aimed at punishing any entity that attempts to rein in <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\">unethical<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/05\/when-sperm-and-eggs-are-monetized-human-existence-becomes-transactional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immoral<\/a> reproductive technologies already flopped once in June, when it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/4445\/all-actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failed<\/a> to garner the 60 votes required to advance. <\/p>\n<p>Instead of creating a clear and principled response to Democrats&rsquo; bad-faith efforts to jam their extremism through the upper chamber, however, Senate Republicans, who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/20\/to-be-pro-life-politicians-must-stand-for-all-babies-from-conception-even-when-it-happens-in-a-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claim<\/a> to be exceptionally pro-life, scrambled to promote their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/event\/?538442\/senate&amp;live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;iron-clad&rdquo;<\/a> pro-<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\">IVF bills<\/a> and statements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britt.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6.12.24-IVF-Statement_49.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsing<\/a> &ldquo;nationwide access to IVF.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who recognized the GOP&rsquo;s inconsistency on IVF, decided to revive the legislative package for another vote less than two months before Election Day 2024. He and Duckworth openly hoped the vote would corner Republicans into either caving to Democrats&rsquo; extremist agenda or floundering to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/30\/trump-announced-taxpayer-funded-ivf-plan-because-pro-lifers-failed-to-step-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boost the party&rsquo;s support for ART. <\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>This Senate will vote again on Tuesday on establishing a right to IVF.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats put the right to IVF up for a vote this summer, and Republicans blocked it.<\/p>\n<p>Americans deserve another chance to see if Republicans are really for or against IVF. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C3PFv0R9qX\">pic.twitter.com\/C3PFv0R9qX<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1835398219087704480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Donald Trump is the reason IVF is at risk to begin with&mdash;but now he claims he wants IVF to be covered.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Senate GOP blocked my Right to IVF Act that would do exactly that.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, we&#8217;ll vote again.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for Republicans to put their votes where their mouths are.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenDuckworth\/status\/1835868172404044282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The GOP may have successfully fended off the Democrats&rsquo; legislation again during a &ldquo;show vote&rdquo; on Tuesday, but Senate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/15\/politics\/house-republican-ivf-fight\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> alike have repeatedly failed to reconcile the pro-life values they preach with their eager legislative and spoken support for IVF.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnThune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenJohnThune<\/a> on IVF vote: &#8220;The outcome of that show vote is not going to be any different than it was when we had this same vote three months ago&hellip;Republicans support IVF&hellip;this is an attempt by Democrats to try and create a political issue where there isn&#8217;t one.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mk7HFBzt3P\">pic.twitter.com\/mk7HFBzt3P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1836117512733290517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Pro-Life Proof<\/h2>\n<p>The procedures granted protected by the Democrats&rsquo; legislative package no doubt&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/26\/big-fertility-harms-babies-and-women-so-why-are-we-celebrating-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harm both women and babies<\/a>. The IVF provisions alone guarantee that approximately&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/life\/report\/why-the-ivf-industry-must-be-regulated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">93<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-attempts-define-position-discarding-ivf-embryos-pro-life-stances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">97<\/a>&nbsp;percent of babies created in labs won&rsquo;t survive thanks to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thembeforeus.com\/the-sacrificing-of-excess-children-to-fulfill-adult-desires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thembeforeus.com\/the-sacrificing-of-excess-children-to-fulfill-adult-desires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">premature discard<\/a><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\">,<\/a> <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 cryogenic freezers<\/a>, and&nbsp;<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\">eugenics-esque<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/08\/popular-genetic-testing-pits-unborn-siblings-against-each-other-and-the-highest-scorer-gets-to-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">genetic testing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><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\">A GOP-led bill<\/a>, which Sens. Katie Boyd Britt and Ted Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenKatieBritt\/status\/1836123413393608815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demanded and failed<\/a> to get unanimous consent for on Tuesday, isn&rsquo;t much better. Instead of preserving and protecting extrauterine babies&rsquo; right to life, the legislation threatens states that contemplate banning IVF with a choice between keeping unborn life-destroying practices on the market and keeping Medicaid funding. <\/p>\n<p>Promising an industry that prioritizes&nbsp;<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\">profit over people<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/22\/abortion-puts-selfish-wants-above-babies-rights-too-often-ivf-does-the-same\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adults&rsquo; selfish desires<\/a>&nbsp;over children&rsquo;s natural rights,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/25\/what-if-we-can-heal-infertile-women-rather-than-turning-to-expensive-unethical-ivf-treatments-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quick fixes<\/a>&nbsp;over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announced-ivf-plan-because-pro-lifers-didnt-step-up\/\" title=\"Trump Announced IVF Plan Because Pro-Lifers Didn&#039;t Step Up\">long-term women&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s health solutions,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/08\/popular-genetic-testing-pits-unborn-siblings-against-each-other-and-the-highest-scorer-gets-to-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">desirable traits above all<\/a>,&nbsp;<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\">forced orphanhood<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/22\/the-global-fertility-industry-seeks-to-erase-women-from-procreation-one-manufactured-egg-at-a-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">erasure of women<\/a>&nbsp;in reproduction,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/14\/we-need-to-get-serious-about-meeting-advances-in-reproductive-tech-with-an-actionable-moral-framework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fertility fraud<\/a>, and making&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/05\/when-sperm-and-eggs-are-monetized-human-existence-becomes-transactional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">human existence transactional<\/a> protections is not popular. Nor is it pro-life.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-life Republicans have long used &ldquo;life begins at conception&rdquo; to fuel their fight against the abortion industry. Contrary to corporate media claims, that purported belief is on par with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/12\/new-poll-overlooks-americans-ignorance-of-ivf-to-overstate-majority-support-for-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nearly half of U.S. adults, 46 percent<\/a>, who say &ldquo;a fertilized egg is a person with the same rights as a pregnant woman.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to IVF, a practice that routinely destroys embryonic life, however, those same GOPers are either silent on the practice or oddly supportive. They&rsquo;ve let Democrats who are dead-set on<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/05\/democrats-wont-settle-for-common-sense-restrictions-on-abortion-or-ivf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> linking their abortion and IVF agendas<\/a> goad them into a partisan pickle.<\/p>\n<p>Both the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/22\/abortion-puts-selfish-wants-above-babies-rights-too-often-ivf-does-the-same\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">baby-making and baby-taking industries<\/a>&nbsp;justify the murder of unborn children as long as those children are not desired. Republicans&rsquo; endorsement of such practices only gives Democrats the tools they need to continue deceiving and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/23\/fearmongering-about-alabama-supreme-court-embryo-ruling-obscures-truth-about-reproductive-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fearmongering<\/a> Americans about the realities of their radical abortion and ART aims. <\/p>\n<p>Putting preborn life and families first is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/children-first-why-family-structure-and-stability-matter-for-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">good for children<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28292784\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parents<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/strong-families-sustainable-societies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">society<\/a>, but that can only happen if Republicans stop walking into the traps Democrats are setting for them.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of Tuesday&rsquo;s vote, that meant not only rejecting Democrats&rsquo; sweeping IVF legislation but should have also included <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenKatieBritt\/status\/1836104925912224091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a continual refusal to demand<\/a> a sanitized endorsement of the same eyebrow-raising industry and practice.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To advance their abortion and in vitro fertilization agenda as the 2024 election approaches, Senate Democrats pushed for a second vote on a controversial legislative package that would largely exempt the multi-billion dollar fertility industry from regulation. The &#8220;Right To IVF Act,&#8221; proposed by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., combines multiple progressive bills related to assisted reproductive technology (ART) to facilitate the unrestricted creation, indefinite storage, and destruction of millions of embryos. This extensive bill includes ambiguous language that could compel Americans with moral objections to ART to financially support practices such as creating children without parents, commercial surrogacy, experimental technologies like artificial wombs and gene editing, as well as reproduction methods that do not involve women.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the legislation aims to establish permanent taxpayer-funded ART services like egg and sperm freezing, IVF, and surrogacy for many U.S. servicemembers and veterans while promoting childbirth through any means over adoption or treatments addressing infertility&#8217;s root causes. This initiative previously failed in June when it did not receive enough votes to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of providing a principled response against what they view as extreme Democratic measures in the Senate, Republicans\u2014who claim strong pro-life values\u2014have been quick to propose their own &#8220;iron-clad&#8221; pro-IVF bills advocating for nationwide access to IVF. Recognizing this inconsistency among Republicans regarding IVF issues, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer decided to bring back the legislative package for another vote just weeks before Election Day 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Despite potential Republican resistance during this latest vote on establishing a right to IVF\u2014which had been blocked by them earlier\u2014Senate and House Republicans have struggled consistently with reconciling their proclaimed pro-life stance with their support for IVF initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The provisions within Democrats&#8217; legislative package are likely harmful both to women and infants; specifically concerning IVF practices where approximately 93%\u201397% of lab-created embryos may not survive due to premature disposal or abandonment in cryogenic storage facilities.<\/p>\n<p>A GOP-led proposal aimed at addressing these concerns was also introduced but failed on Tuesday due largely because it threatened states considering bans on certain reproductive technologies with losing Medicaid funding if they chose not to allow such practices.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing debate highlights an industry prioritizing profit over ethical considerations regarding human life while raising questions about how both parties approach complex issues surrounding reproduction rights versus life preservation principles. Pro-life advocates have historically argued that &#8220;life begins at conception,&#8221; yet many remain silent or supportive when it comes specifically addressing embryonic destruction associated with IVF\u2014a contradiction that has allowed Democrats leverage against them politically.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately prioritizing preborn lives alongside family welfare is essential for societal health; however achieving this requires Republicans avoiding traps set by Democratic strategies aimed at politicizing these sensitive topics further<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2342423,"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\/09\/Untitled-design-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4606,32468,5894,8347,3756],"class_list":["post-2342422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-healthcare","tag-ivf","tag-politics","tag-pro-life","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Untitled-design-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342422","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\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}