Washington Republicans are urging their Senate candidates to support in vitro fertilization treatments after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled a week ago that frozen embryos should be considered children.
The decision has already proved problematic for Republicans, who have struggled since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade two years ago to walk the line between appeasing conservative anti-abortion activists and turning off more moderate swing voters.On Friday, a memo from Jason Thielman, the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the campaign arm of Senate Republicans, urged the party’s candidates to “clearly and concisely reject efforts by the government to restrict I.V.F.” and to “align with the public’s overwhelming support for I.V.F. and fertility treatments.”
“There are zero Republican Senate candidates who support efforts to restrict access to fertility treatments,” Mr. Thielman wrote.
The memo cited research from Kellyanne Conway, a Republican pollster and former Trump White House counselor, showing that 85 percent of Americans support increasing access to fertility-related procedures and services. Ms. Conway’s data showed that 78 percent of abortion opponents and 83 percent of evangelicals supported in vitro fertilization.Mr. Thielman’s memo provided messaging for candidates that would show they support I.V.F., such as referring to fertility services as “blessings for those seeking to have children.” The memo also suggested language that candidates should use to oppose restrictions on the procedures and recommended that Republican contenders campaign on increasing access.
David McCormick, a Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, was among the first out of the gate on Friday to reflect the N.R.S.C.’s advice.
“IVF is a ray of hope for millions of Americans seeking the blessing of children,” he posted on social media. “I oppose any effort to restrict it.”
@AdoringBl4ckBallotSocialist2mos2MO
If this is not THE wake up call to vote the Republicans out of office both in legislatures and the judiciary, I don’t know what is.
All of those out there complaining, just stop.
Get out and VOTE in November.
All this digital anger serves no purpose. It needs to be channeled in practical terms.
Remember the demonstrations in the 60’s ??
@PorcupineBuckDemocrat2mos2MO
I, too, plan to vote these monsters out in November. But, will it matter? Red state legislators or already working on ways to overturn a Biden victory.
This is why election law must not only be sacrosanct, it must be the law of the land. Individual states and local governments must not have a legal authority to reject voter rights, to close polling stations, or to concoct any voter restrictions in any way simply to manipulate the results.
@DirectNickGreen2mos2MO
What do Republicans think gives them the right to regulate and control individuals or couples doctor/patient relationships and decision making? Is this not Big Government in its most nightmarish extreme? Isn't their belief in legislators' wisdom over individual choices almost communism in a puritanical essence? Just asking.
@SeafowlBrettForward2mos2MO
Fascism where the state and the corporations work hand in hand to control everything. Oh, and what gives them the right? The Bible. Or, at least their interpretation of it. Read the Old Testament some time. It has some good points, but, overall, it’s a nasty piece of work.
@OryxArianaRepublican2mos2MO
The same mindset which gives the Left the right to legislate financial support by the Govt for every “disenfranchised” ethnic group and social cause du jour. As a fiscal conservative, social moderate I want everyone to stay the heck out of my bank account and my bedroom. I trace the current opening of Pandora’s Box regarding Roe v. Wade back to an individual who was a great citizen and asset to the country but wouldn’t let her time On Stage end gracefully when the country needed her to. RBG’s hanging on as a SCOTUS Justice when she was begged by so many to… Read more
@R3volutionBassDemocrat2mos2MO
Democrats and the Biden campaign need to pound on this issue every day between now and November. Members of the Republican party need to be forced to declare their belief that life begins at conception- it either does or it doesn't- and their support for rulings and legislation and policies that stem from that belief. No hiding. No waffling, like Haley and Trump are attempting. You make your bed and you sleep in it. This is an opportunity for any Republican who wants to demonstrate the integrity, humanity and courage to stand up to the radicals in their own party.
@Sw1ngStateIcecreamGreen2mos2MO
Why are these Christians forcing their beliefs on a multicultural society, and how in the world is that legal? I thought you had separation of church and state?
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