Vulnerable House Republicans are scrambling to hide their dangerous attacks on reproductive freedoms. Last week, these so-called ‘moderate’ Republicans introduced dueling resolutions affirming their support for in vitro fertilization, with only one problem: their resolutions do absolutely nothing to protect access to IVF.
House Republicans are all talk and no action on protecting Americans’ access to in vitro fertilization, after the Alabama Supreme Court granted embryos the same legal status as children last month.
Several House Republicans introduced two measures this week following the sweeping court ruling as a way to express strong support for IVF protections. […] But neither have any legislative power. Resolutions are non-binding statements that primarily serve as tools for political posturing.
None of the other eight representatives responded to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Republicans have found themselves scrambling to distance themselves from the Alabama ruling in the wake of national public outrage over its sweeping effect. Access to IVF is an issue over 80% of Americans support, including a majority of Republican voters.
“House Republicans are flagrant hypocrites who have spent their entire tenure in the majority attacking reproductive rights at every turn,” Courtney Rice, a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told HuffPost. “Now, they are hiding behind toothless resolutions and empty public statements because they know their relentless attacks on reproductive freedoms will cost them at the ballot box.”
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