{"id":1029771,"date":"2024-02-27T00:37:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029771"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:55:14","slug":"icymi-the-new-republic-republicans-are-lying-about-supporting-ivf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-the-new-republic-republicans-are-lying-about-supporting-ivf\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: The New Republic: Republicans Are Lying About Supporting IVF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201cRepublicans are working on a mass rebranding following a devastating ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court that effectively stalled in vitro fertilization across the state. The instant backlash to the decision has led to droves of GOP lawmakers to issue statements in which they claim to be champions of the procedure \u2026 But that doesn\u2019t quite square away with their recent voting records. In 2021, those legislators and 163 other House Republicans co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act, which hoped to recognize fertilized eggs as children at the federal level in an attempt to ban abortions nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/179288\/republicans-lying-supporting-ivf?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=SF_TNR\"><strong>The New Republic<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Republicans Are Lying About Supporting IVF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Republicans are working on a mass rebranding following a devastating ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court that effectively stalled in vitro fertilization across the state. The instant backlash to the decision has led to droves of GOP lawmakers to issue statements in which they claim to be champions of the procedure\u2014despite the fact that many of them had supported a bill to ban the practice just three years ago.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On Friday, the Senate Republican campaign arm issued a memo urging its political candidates to \u201cclearly and concisely reject efforts by the government to restrict IVF.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In 2021, those legislators and 163 other House Republicans co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act, which hoped to recognize fertilized eggs as children at the federal level in an attempt to ban abortions nationwide.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On Friday, Johnson issued a statement supporting IVF, correctly arguing that it \u201chas been a blessing for many moms and dads who have struggled with fertility.\u201d <strong>That is, however, not how he felt just one year ago. In 2023, Johnson affirmed his legislative stance against the medical procedure, supporting another iteration of the Life at Conception Act, which garnered 124 Republican co-sponsors.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201cRepublicans are working on a mass rebranding following a devastating ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court that effectively stalled in vitro fertilization across the state. The instant backlash to the decision has led to droves of GOP lawmakers to issue statements in which they claim to be champions of the procedure \u2026 But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICYMI: The New Republic: Republicans Are Lying About Supporting IVF - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-the-new-republic-republicans-are-lying-about-supporting-ivf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-27T00:37:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-15T20:55:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-the-new-republic-republicans-are-lying-about-supporting-ivf\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-the-new-republic-republicans-are-lying-about-supporting-ivf\/\",\"name\":\"ICYMI: The New Republic: Republicans Are Lying About Supporting IVF - 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