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CRUZ AND BRITT TO INTRODUCE BILL TO CUT OFF MEDICAID FUNDING FOR STATES BANNING
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Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Katie Britt (R-AL) are unveiling legislation Monday
that would ensure in vitro fertilization access is “legally protected
nationwide” by making the practice a condition for states to receive federal
Medicaid funding.

If state legislatures or courts moved to ban IVF, those states would be
ineligible to receive Medicaid funding under the bill. The legislation from Cruz
and Britt comes as Republicans have tried to distance themselves from a recent
Alabama Supreme Court ruling that created a political headache for Republicans
that risks alienating swing voters ahead of the November election and in the
aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The legislation does not prevent states from setting up “health and safety
standards to govern IVF,” but the senators say that by placing funding
conditions on the practice, it simply “ensures that access to IVF is fully
protected by federal law.”



“While the Alabama Legislature after the court’s decision promptly reiterated
that IVF is protected, federal legislation would eliminate any ambiguity that
might arise from future state-level judicial interpretations,” the senators
wrote in a Sunday op-ed to the Wall Street Journal. “Our goal is to make sure
that any family’s path to bringing a child into the world isn’t compromised by
preventable legal confusion.”

In February, Alabama’s top court ruled that frozen embryos are legally children
and that the destruction of embryos constitutes a crime under the state’s
“wrongful death of a minor” law. 

Many GOP lawmakers came out against the Alabama ruling in the week following the
court’s decision. Kellyanne Conway, a onetime adviser to former President Donald
Trump, traveled to Capitol Hill in December and shared polling that 86% of
voters support IVF, including those who regard themselves as “pro-life” and
evangelicals, at 78% and 83%, respectively.



A Cruz aide told reporters ahead of the op-ed’s release that a motivator of the
bill stems from the “fear-mongering tactic” Democrats are using to paint
Republicans as anti-IVF.

“I think the bigger thing here as we see Democrats across the country making
this an election issue, [Cruz] is hoping, with Katie Britt, to take that off the
table,” a Cruz aide told reporters.

“The goal of this bill is to sort of lay that hypocrisy bare and, you know,
force Democrats to take a vote on it,” the aide said.

The Republicans’ bill is separate from a bill introduced by Sen. Tammy Duckworth
(D-IL), which was introduced in January and would protect IVF access. Many
Republicans have pushed back against Duckworth’s bill, arguing its broad
language could allow a backdoor into possible abortion protections.



In a letter to Republicans sent shortly after the Alabama ruling, the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote to GOP senators arguing against
Duckworth’s Access to Family Building Act, calling federal protection of IVF a
“threat to the most vulnerable of human beings.”

“Contrary to what some have claimed, a position that supports legal enshrinement
of IVF, however well-intended, is neither pro-life nor pro-child,” the bishops
wrote. “Approaches such as investing in life affirming research on infertility,
or strengthening support for couples who desire to adopt, would be better to
explore.”

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

“Among those to whom we and our parishes minister, we know well the deep
yearning and even suffering of families struggling with infertility. We seek to
ameliorate that personal suffering,” the bishops said. “Yet we cannot condone a
practice and an industry that is built on millions of children who are created
to be destroyed or abandoned.”



The Washington Examiner reached out to Duckworth and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life
America for comment.


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