Birth control, IVF and SCOTUS: Democrats target GOP vulnerabilities

Democratic leaders are deploying a series of "show votes" to put Republicans in the hot seat and draw attention to their divisions on hot-button issues, including a blocked vote on IVF this week.

The big picture: Democrats are focusing their attention on birth control, IVF and Supreme Court ethics — all of which are vulnerabilities for the GOP ahead of the November elections.

Zoom in: Senate Democrats' have their razor-thin majority on the line in November, and so Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is running an offensive by putting Republicans through a series of uncomfortable votes.

Birth control: Republicans blocked a bill last week that would have protected access to contraception at the federal level.

The vote was a part of a reproductive rights blitz planned by Senate Democrats around the second anniversary of the end of Roe v. Wade.