Republican blocks Senate bill adding federal protections to IVF
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois, had called on the Senate to pass the Access to Family Building Act by unanimous consent.
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois, had called on the Senate to pass the Access to Family Building Act by unanimous consent.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) had introduced a bill last month that would establish a federal right to IVF and other fertility treatments.
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Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator, Illinois: I don’t generally write letters to Senators for the same reason I quit writing letters to Santa about 50 years ago: I never get what I ask for.