Democrat has slammed Sen. (R-Ohio) over his record on reproductive rights issues, with the Minnesota governor sharing a personal message about his family’s use of in vitro fertilization. During on MSNBC’s “Inside With Jen Psaki,” Walz recognized that it was World IVF Day before saying that he and his wife, Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz, had turned to IVF to expand their family.
Tim and Gwen Walz share two children: Hope, 23, and Gus, 17. “Today’s IVF Day. Thank God for IVF — my wife and I have two beautiful children,” he said as he criticized Vance, Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, for his on reproductive rights issues.
“He thinks he needs to dictate that?” Tim Walz continued. Last month, Vance and his fellow the Right to IVF Act, Democratic legislation that would have enshrined into federal law a right for individuals to receive IVF treatment. The bill would have also shielded doctors who provide it.
Republicans tried passing their own bill that would have revoked Medicaid funding for any state that enacts a ban on IVF access. But Democrats blocked that measure, saying it contained that did not . “Calling your bill the IVF Protection Act without doing anything to protect IVF is despicable,” Sen.
Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) . “It is akin to an arsonist selling you fire insurance that doesn’t cover arson.
” Walz previously discussed his family’s journey with IVF back in March, saying that he and his wife had gone through fertility t.