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Brace for a House IVF battle
Published by Politico. Read the full article.
Tim Walz this week brought the political fight over in vitro fertilization to the presidential campaign trail. Hill Democrats plan to keep up the battle in Congress, too.
When lawmakers return to Washington next month, House Democrats and reproductive health activists are planning another big push to legalize IVF protections. It would have an uphill climb to a floor vote in the GOP majority, but Democrats are eager to ramp up the pressure on at-risk Republicans over IVF access — like their Senate counterparts did in June — given the Alabama court ruling that raised questions about its future.
Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) — who authored a bill to guarantee access to IVF nationally that has nearly 200 cosponsors, including four Republicans — has spent the last several weeks lining up backers for the bill. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi has helped, whipping Democratic support in recent days. And multiple advocacy groups, including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Resolve National Infertility Association, are planning to step up the pressure in a big way in September, hitting up Republicans with calls, meetings and more.
“I’m going to push very hard,” said Wild, who began drafting her bill even before the Alabama court decision. “It’s an election year and it’s a great issue.”
