A group of House Republicans have expressed their opposition to the Department of Veterans Affairs' policy expanding IVF access for veterans, citing ethical concerns and questioning the morality of subsidizing IVF with taxpayer money.
The stance puts the House Republicans at odds with many members of their party who have spoken out in support of IVF ., addressed to Denis McDonough, the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, was signed by Reps. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., Mary Miller, R-Ill., Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., and Bob Good, R-Va., who said they had"a plethora of ethical concerns and questions" with the policy. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know.
Sign up for the weekly"IVF is morally dubious and should not be subsidized by the American taxpayer. It is well known that IVF treatments result in a surplus of embryos after the best ones are tested and selected. These embryos are then frozen — at significant cost to the parents — abandoned, or cruelly discarded," the lawmakers wrote. The Republicans argued the VA's policy expanding IVF access for veterans would be harmful to the embryos, which they said have"inherent humanity." “Parents’ uncertainty of what to do with the additional embryos and inclination to leave them frozen for many years rather than discarding them points to their inherent humanity. The new VA policy is shocking not only on a moral level, but on a political and legal level as well,” the four Republicans adde
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