More and more Republican candidates for the Senate are advocating in vitro fertilization treatment judgment By the Alabama Supreme Court last week threatened limiting access to treatment.
While most Republican lawmakers have been largely silent on the issue, GOP Senate candidates issued a flurry of statements in defense of Trump’s handling of Friday, the same day. He called the Alabama legislature to set aside the effect of the judgment.
Nevada Senate GOP candidate Sam Brown is referred to Tim Sheehy, who is running for Senate in Montana, calls IVF “a boon” for many families. he called Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick, “a way for families to grow and prosper” praised Treatment as a “ray of hope” and Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake praised “incredibly important” in helping countless people become parents.
Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan hoping to convert Outgoing Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin wrote his hometown seat On X on Friday IVF has helped many Americans become parents “and the government should never stand in the way of that.”
Former MP Mike Rogers escape to the Michigan Senate and co-sponsored a series of measures that attempt to determine when human life begins at fertilization, he wrote On Friday, he also ruled out limiting access to treatment.
A group of Republican Senate candidates vying for a seat in Ohio also announced their treatment of Matt Dolan on Friday. calls him “It’s a blessing for those who want to have a baby,” and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is pushing for “expanding access to IVF” in a post. On X on Friday afternoon.
Trump-endorsed Bernie Moreno offered in the Ohio GOP Senate primary On X she said she supports “anything that encourages people to have more babies and strong families.”
Comment was a clear change from a record he emphasized his Catholic and South American roots, which taught him “that life begins at conception,” on the conservative podcast “Bob Burney Live” the day before. It is not confusing for us.”
While the three candidates have expressed support for IVF, Dolan, LaRose and Moreno have indicated some support for federal restrictions on abortion, even as voters in their states. strongly supported a measure last year enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution.
The wave of support for IVF treatment comes after the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Senate Republican fundraising arm, sent a memo to Senate candidates on how to manage messages about IVF treatment following an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that found the embryos. created by in vitro fertilization is considered a child under state law.
The memo, obtained by NBC News, advises candidates to support IVF, oppose restrictions on the treatment and campaign to expand its availability.
David Bergstein, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, criticized the memo in a statement Friday.
“The fact that the NRSC has to explain to its candidates how unpopular their agenda is, which opposes women’s reproductive freedom, is telling,” Bergstein said. their families and voters will hold them accountable for their records.”
The identity of embryos was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2022 in Roe v. He has been at the forefront of political debate since dropping his lawsuit against Wade. dozens of states Ban or severely restrict abortions, according to NBC News.
Bridget Bowman, Henry J. Gomez, Natasha Korecki and Alexandra Marquez contributed.