The “life begins at conception” true believer is serious—and he’s not alone.
— Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale, after submitting an amendment to a spending bill that would ban taxpayer funds from going to fertility treatments “including IVF.”
The House of Representatives this week is considering its version of next year’s defense spending bill, and there will be a great many amendment votes on members’ pet issues. Perhaps the most explosive amendment thrown into the mix on Tuesday came from Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale, a far-right Freedom Caucus member and unlikely possessor of.
“While I feel for couples that are unable to have children, the practice of IVF is morally wrong, and I refuse to support any legislation that condones its use,” Rosendale said in a“My amendment will strip funding for this practice, which is responsible for the destruction of life to the tune of hundreds of thousands of children a year. If you are opposed to abortion, you should be opposed to the practice of IVF, which destroys twice as much life as Planned Parenthood yearly.
The House GOP, though, could have seized the moment. If they’d wanted to build their pro-IVF bona fides during election season, they could have given Rosendale his vote and then, save for some fringe figures here or there, voted en masse against it. That they didn’t suggests that their coalitional politics on this issue are more complicated than their cheery rhetorical defenses of IVF would suggest.
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