Republican Sens. Katie Boyd Britt and Ted Cruz introduced a bill on Monday that would effectively force states that contemplate a ban on in vitro fertilization (IVF) to choose between reining in one of the most profitable, unethical, unborn life-destroying practices on the market and keeping Medicaid funding.
The legislation claims states are not barred from “implementing health and safety standards regarding the practice of in vitro fertilization.” Any state or local government body that explores prohibiting IVF (something no state has seriously considered), however, will face the wrath of those who control the federal pocketbook.
“Our goal is to make sure that any family’s path to bringing a child into the world isn’t compromised by preventable legal confusion,” the senators wrote.
Pro-Life Picking and Choosing
In a Wall Street Journal opinion article meant to promote the bill, Britt and Cruz argued they are committed to protecting “Both Life and IVF.” Yet, throughout their legislative pitch, the Republicans failed to explain exactly how carving out federal protections for a practice responsible for the discard of millions of embryos constitutes safeguarding “life.”
Britt and Cruz both acknowledged the Alamaba Supreme Court’s recent ruling, which confirmed the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act “applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location,” was marred by “confusion and misinformation.” Instead of offering an indictment of the corporate media and “partisan” commentators who incited the political panic, however, Britt and Cruz egged on fomented concern with promises to “ensure IVF access
