Rep. Marc Molinaro announced Wednesday that he is sponsoring a bill protecting the speech in vitro fertilization (IVF), became the first Republican to do so.
Molinaro is looking for a vulnerable Republican re-electionhe said statement she is “a parent with personal experience with IVF” and expressed support for “all women and families who choose IVF to bring life into the world.”
“It’s just common sense to protect it,” he said.
A bill called the Access to Family Planning Act, D-Pa., Rep. Sponsored by Susan Wild. It was filed in January, ahead of a controversial February ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that ruled that fertilized embryos are human. Legality of IVF in the state in question.
The bill would “prohibit restrictions on access to assisted reproductive technology and all medical care involving that technology.”
Another Republican, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, was previously reported to support the bill, but he said that it was “attached to the bill without approval” and that there were “amendments to be made” to support it.
Also in January, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. and Tammy Duckworth, D- introduced a similar resolution in the upper chamber using unanimous consent, meaning any member could stop it from passing. draft law Act blocked Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., called it “a colossal overreach loaded with poison pills.”
Molinaro has previously spoken out against Republican efforts on reproductive rights. opposition a language in the appropriations bill with limited access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
Molinaro faces a tough re-election race this fall in New York state, which supports President Joe Biden in 2020 along current congressional lines. He first won election to his current seat in 2022 by less than 5,000 votes.