U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization • Rhode Island Current | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama state Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents […]
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U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization • Alaska Beacon | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama state Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents […]
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Republican Blocks IVF Bill Because It Could Lead to ‘Human-Animal Chimeras’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A Republican senator has blocked a bill to safeguard in vitro fertilization access because of fears of human cloning and the creation of “chimeras.” The Context “It would legalize the creation of human-animal chimeras,” Hyde-Smith said of the bill on the Senate floor on February 28. Sen. Tammy Duckworth had sought to implement the bill […]
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GOP Senator Blocks Bill Protecting Access To IVF In Wake Of Alabama Ruling | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON ― Democratic legislation seeking to protect access to in vitro fertilization across the country was blocked in the Senate on Wednesday by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.). Hyde-Smith dismissed the bill as “a vast overreach” and objected to a unanimous consent request from Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.). The Republican senator claimed the bill would legalize […]
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U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization
WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama state Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents […]
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Republicans block Senate bill to protect nationwide access to IVF treatments | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Mississippi Republican, objected to a request for a vote by […]
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