Republicans block Dem-backed IVF bill revived by Chuck Schumer

Republicans blocked a Democrat-backed bill on in vitro fertilization (IVF) from proceeding on Tuesday, which has already failed in the upper chamber.  The bill failed to garner the 60 votes necessary in the procedural vote, failing 51 to 44. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced he was scheduling an additional vote on the measure […]

Schumer revives Dem-backed IVF bill after Trump proposal

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is planning another vote on a Democrat-backed bill on in vitro fertilization (IVF) that has already failed in the upper chamber.  He revealed in a letter to senators on Sunday that another vote on the measure would take place on Tuesday.  “As our national debate on reproductive rights has […]