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Democrats pick a fight—again—on IVF |
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants a second vote on a bill to establish a national right to in vitro fertilization as Democrats try to put Republicans in a bind. |
The move, which is expected to happen Tuesday, comes after former President Trump's call for insurance companies to cover such treatments divided his supporters. Democrats want to drive a wedge between Republicans and put them on the record opposing those efforts, especially as the GOP struggles with how to message its stance on reproductive rights in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Democrats have felt the wind at their back on the subject for months, and Trump's call is prompting a second vote on the same bill in a matter of months. "As you probably noted, abortion and choice were leadoff topics in the debate, and former President Trump went to great lengths to assert himself as a champion of IVF, which came as a surprise to many people," Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said. "I think it's important to give a record vote on the issue. This is going to be a major issue in the campaign." Trump and Republicans for months have tried to rebuff the Democratic narrative that the GOP doesn't support IVF. They are also quick to note that the trigger for the nationwide IVF discussion was a court in Alabama — not any GOP-led legislature — and that the state's Republican-led Legislature almost was quick to pass a legislative fix. Since the court ruling in February, Republicans have loudly spoken up to say they fully support IVF. But they have also largely avoided the question at the heart of the issue: If they believe life begins at conception, how should clinics handle viable embryos that are not implanted? Only two Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — voted with Democrats in June when Sen. Tammy Duckworth's (D-Ill.) proposal came to the floor, and senators are widely expecting a similar outcome. |
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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
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Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sunday floated an idea that would turn back the clock on covering people with preexisting conditions, relitigating a position that was a hallmark of GOP proposals to replace ObamaCare during Donald Trump's presidency. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Vance said Trump's health plan would "promote choice" in the health system by separating … |
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Democratic lawmakers are calling out soaring executive compensation at three for-profit nursing home providers as the industry fights new minimum staffing requirements that apply to virtually every facility in the United States. The executive pay was revealed in a letter sent Friday evening to the CEOs of Brookdale Senior Living, National HealthCare and Ensign Group. Signed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders … |
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Two Florida ballot measures on abortion and recreational marijuana are turning the state’s elections upside down, worrying Republicans while giving Democrats hope in this year’s presidential battle and in a key Senate race. Polls have tightened in the battle between former President Trump and Vice President Harris, and in the Senate race between GOP Sen. Rick Scott and former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D). The … |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- Senate Democrats Tuesday will attempt to force a vote on legislation that would create a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization (IVF).
- The Senate Finance Committee holds a Tuesday hearing on the Inflation Reduction Act's impact on health care costs.
- A House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee will hold a Wednesday hearing on the 988 + 1 crisis hotline for veterans.
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A MESSAGE FROM PLAN B ONE STEP |
Plan B is a backup birth control option that is used to help prevent unintended pregnancy after unprotected intercourse, a contraceptive failure, or sexual assault. Its proven safety, efficacy, and mode of action is supported by a large body of clinical studies and scientific literature, all of which support that Plan B does not impact the implantation of a fertilized egg. Explore the evidence. |
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Pope slams both Harris and Trump as 'against life' and urges Catholics to vote for 'lesser evil' |
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and he advised American Catholics to choose who they think is the "lesser evil" in the upcoming U.S. elections. "Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants, or … |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- Florida pediatricians concerned and 'exhausted' as kids' vaccination rate drops (Tallahassee Democrat)
- Abortion bans have delayed emergency medical care. In Georgia, experts say this mother's death was preventable (ProPublica)
- Cut up and leased out, the bodies of the poor suffer a final indignity in Texas (NBC News)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Pediatricians' obesity guidelines rest on shaky evidence of eating disorder risk (STAT News)
- 'Making peoples' lives hell': When he couldn't pay for cancer treatment, the hospital sued (NBC News)
- Doctors are campaigning for Harris despite the cost: Alienating MAGA patients (Politico)
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