Senate Republicans sink Democrats’ IVF legislation, push their own bill

Senate Republicans tanked an effort Thursday led by Democrats to advance legislation guaranteeing national access to in vitro fertilization, rallying around their alternative legislation instead.

In a 48-47 procedural vote, Senate Republicans torpedoed the advancement of that bill, with only Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowska (R-Alaska) siding joining Democrats. It needed 60 to pass.

Many groused about specifics of the language in the Right to IVF Act and accused Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) of teeing up a show vote rather than seeking a viable solution on the matter.