Democratic senators are highlighting the dilemmas women are facing over reproductive rights, preemptively attacking Republicans over the matter ahead of President Joe Biden‘s third State of the Union address on Thursday night.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Brian Schatz (D-HI), held a press conference Thursday afternoon with their State of the Union guests, in which they blasted the Alabama Supreme Court decision that declared frozen embryos legally children.
The case put Republican lawmakers on the defense after in vitro fertilization facilities shut down to comply with the ruling, and it led most GOP members in Congress to affirm their support of IVF. Gov. Kay Ivey (R-AL) signed legislation into law shielding
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