Senate to Vote on IVF Access

The procedure has come into the spotlight since the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that an egg fertilized through IVF is a life.

The U.S. Capitol on June 25. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

In a test for Republicans ahead of the Nov. 5 election, the Senate will vote next week on a bill that would establish a nationwide right to in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

Republicans blocked the bill in June in a 48–47 procedural vote that failed to pass the 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster.