Alaska’s U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Suzanne Collins of Maine were the only two Republicans to support the IVF proposal on Thursday.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth speaks alongside Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer during a news conference on the bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization Thursday.
“The disregard for a woman’s right to make these decisions for herself and her family is outrageous and unacceptable,” Biden said in a statement. The bill is the latest in a series set up by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on the topic of reproductive rights, a political liability for Republicans ahead of the election this year. Last week, all but twoThe two Republicans who voted for the contraception bill, Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski , also supported the IVF proposal Thursday.
In a joint statement released Wednesday, all 49 Republican senators accused their Democratic colleagues of a “Summer of Scare Tactics” meant to mislead Americans.
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