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WASHINGTON — Senators will vote Tuesday on whether to move forward with the legislation, a second try after Republicans already blocked it once earlier this year. The bill has little chance of passing, but Democrats are hoping to use the do-over vote to put pressure on Republican congressional candidates and lay out a contrast between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in the presidential race, especially as Trump has called himself a " leader on IVF." The push started earlier this year after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law.
Several clinics in the state suspended IVF treatments until the GOP-led legislature rushed to enact a law to provide legal protections for the clinics. Democrats quickly capitalized, holding a vote in June on the congressional bill from Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth and warning that the U.
S. Supreme Court could go after the procedure next after it overturned the right to an abortion in 2022. The legislation would also increase access to the procedure and lower costs.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the floor Tuesday morning that the vote is a "second chance" for Republicans. "Americans are watching, families back home are..
. Mary Clare Jalonick.
