In response to JD Vance skipping today’s Senate vote to protect access to IVF, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: 

“JD Vance celebrated when Donald Trump ‘proudly’ overturned Roe v. Wade and paved the way for threats to IVF access for Americans who want to start or grow their family. Today, Vance couldn’t be bothered to show up to vote on protecting IVF access, after voting against the same protections in June. Vance is showing us who he is and we should believe him. The American people will remember that Vance didn’t show up for them, and they’ll make that clear when they reject the Trump-Vance ticket’s anti-choice Project 2025 agenda in November.”

NEW: JD Vance skipped today’s vote on legislation to enshrine access to IVF for all Americans.

The Independent: “JD Vance didn’t even show up to vote on [IVF protections].”

Jennifer Bendery, Huffington Post: “Vance won’t be at today’s Senate vote…”

REMINDER: Donald Trump’s MAGA minions in the Senate already blocked legislation to protect IVF access TWICE.

Associated Press: “Republicans block Senate bill to protect nationwide access to IVF treatments”

The Hill: “Republicans block bill to protect access to IVF”

“Senate Republicans blocked an effort Wednesday to pass legislation that would federally protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF).”

The Hill: “Senate Republicans block legislation to codify IVF access”

Republicans who voted against include: JD Vance.

Vanity Fair: “On Wednesday, Senate Republicans are expected to object to Tammy Duckworth’s Right to Build Families Act, because, surprise: They don’t actually care about families and aren’t ‘pro-life.’

“‘It’s idiotic for us to take the bait,’ Senator JD Vance told Politico, as though the measure were some kind of political trap. (He also noted that he had not actually read the bill yet.)”

Vance celebrated when Trump “proudly” overturned Roe v. Wade, paving the way for the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that stopped IVF treatments in the state. 

Vance: “I think that what I really think on – so first of all, the Dobbs decision, everybody knows, overruled Roe v. Wade – I think that was the right decision.”

CNN: “How the reversal of Roe v. Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children”

New York Times: “[The Alabama ruling was] made possible by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in its 2022 Dobbs decision, which was a result of Mr. Trump’s appointment of three justices.”

The Trump-Vance Project 2025 agenda would put at risk IVF access for millions of Americans, and Trump has spent years cozying up to his anti-freedom allies who are plotting the best ways for him to restrict it.

HuffPost: “Donald Trump Has Deep Ties To Anti-IVF Movement”

“The current Republican presidential nominee ― who has repeatedly bragged about his role in repealing federal abortion protections ― has deep ties to extreme right-wing organizations that actively oppose IVF.

“While in the White House, Trump and his administration praised, appointed and worked with some of the nation’s most extreme thought leaders who believe the IVF process is akin to murder…

“During his time as president, Trump appointed several extreme anti-IVF advocates to positions of power.”

Media Matters: “The Heritage Foundation quietly released draconian new IVF policy recommendations for the next GOP president”

“The list of policy suggestions in the recent blog post echoes the MAGA-backed Project 2025, a comprehensive plan Heritage has spearheaded for the next GOP presidential administration that includes calls to eliminate the term ‘reproductive health’ from federal rules and regulations and to tighten restrictions on abortion rights and access to certain emergency contraceptives. In its pieces on IVF, Heritage expands on the extreme conservative agenda outlined by Project 2025.

“Heritage research associate Emma Waters has been a leading voice from the organization on reproductive issues, specifically denouncing IVF procedures and other ‘reproductive technologies.’

“Many of Waters’ other policy ideas are seemingly benign proposals meant to heighten the barrier of entry to securing IVF procedures, in much the same way anti-abortion lawmakers have used targeted restrictions on abortion providers.”

REMINDER: Vance’s anti-choice record includes saying that he’d like “abortion to be illegal nationally,” attacking exceptions for rape and incest, and more.

CNN: “JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’”

“JD Vance said he ‘certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally’ and was ‘sympathetic’ to the view that a national ban was necessary to stop women from traveling across states to obtain an abortion.”

Manu Raju, CNN: “J.D. Vance, the Ohio GOP senator, says Republicans need to shift their approach on abortion and begin to embrace federal legislation … ‘We can’t give into the idea that the federal Congress has no role in this matter,’ he told us.”

Newsweek: “J.D. Vance Backs ‘National Standard’ for Abortions”

Washington Post: “Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance argues against need for rape and incest exceptions in abortion laws”

Daily Beast: “J.D. Vance suggested he would support prohibiting abortion even in cases of rape and incest—and dismissed those catalysts as ‘inconvenient.’”

REALITY CHECK: Attacks on reproductive rights, like Trump and Vance’s anti-choice Project 2025 agenda to block IVF access, are wildly unpopular.

ABC News: “Americans continue to support IVF and abortion access”

“The vast majority of registered voters, 80 percent, think IVF should be legal.”

Navigator Research: “Large majorities say reproductive care like birth control pills and IVF should be made easier to access, including majorities of Republicans. … Americans across party lines also say access to fertility planning like IVF should be easier to access, including 72 percent of Democrats, 59 percent of independents, and 53 percent of Republicans.”