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Washington mdash; OneSenate Republican on Wednesday scuttled a Democrat-led effort to pass legislation that would safeguard access to IVF nationwide.The bill aims to preempt state efforts to restrict access to the fertility treatments since a ruling earlier the Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos could be considered children under a state law. stanley mug Thedecisionmade it possible for couples whose frozen embryos were accidentally destroyed to sue for wro stanley canada ngful death of their extrauterine children. The ruling has paused IVF treatments and processes in the state as providers evaluate their liability.Sen. Tammy botella stanley Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, sought to approve the legislation under unanimous consent, which gives any single lawmaker the power to block its passage. The bill would create federal protections for IVF access nationwide, after access to the fertility treatment often used by women who struggle to become pregnant has come into question under state law in Alabama. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Mississippi Republican blocked the bill on Wednesday. The bill before us today is a vast overreach that is full of poison pills that go way too far, Hyde-Smith said on the Senate floor after she objected to the bill s passage.Duckworth first introduced the legislation, known as the Access to Family Building Act, with Sen. Patty Murray in 2022. The move on Wednesday marked the second time Duckworth has brought the bill to t Xzen Atlantic: Ohio GOP Candidate for Congress Dresses as Nazi
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum addresses supporters at a campaign rally in Fond du Lac, Wis., Sunday, March 25, 2012. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Amid a growing stanley cups uk sense of inevitability that Mitt Romney will become the Republican nominee for president, Rick Santorum said Monday he would consider being the f stanley thermobecher ormer Massachusetts governor s number two.In a Monday interview with CBN s David Brody, Santorum said of course he would consider joining Romney on the ticket. If he [Romney] for some reason asks you to be the Vice Presidential candidate on his ticket I know, after it s all said and done. Would you even consider it Brody asked. Of course, Santorum said. I mean, look. I would do in this race as I always say, this is the most important race in our country s history. I m going to do everything I can. I ve been working every single day, he added. My wife and my kids, we re just busting our tail, because we know their future and all of our children s future is at stake in this election and I don t want to be the guy who has to sit with my granddaughter, 20 years from now, and tell stories about an America where people once were free. I don t want to have that conversation. So, you re keeping your options open, Brody prompted. I ll do whatever is necessary to help our country, Santorum said.Acco stanley termosy r |
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