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Senate Fails to Advance IVF Bill for Second Time

The Senate on Sept. 17 failed to advance for the second time a bill that would create the federal right to access in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
Senate Fails to Advance IVF Bill for Second Time
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 16, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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The Senate on Sept. 17 failed to advance for the second time a bill that would create the federal right to access in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

The upper congressional chamber failed to clear the 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster as the vote to invoke cloture on the bill was 51–44.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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