2024-02-29 02:43:03
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked the legislation, saying the bill is a ‘vast overreach full of poison pills that go way too far’. She claims the bill could open the door to things like human cloning and "gene-edited designer babies." [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(6-0-30) Author
2024-02-29 02:57:33
While a Republican Senator, Cindy Hyde-Smith indeed “blocked” the bill by preventing quick passage, IVF was not among the reasons the bill was blocked. Instead the senator suggested the bills “overreach” and “poison pills” were why she prevented its quick passage. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(4-0-35) Author
2024-02-29 03:08:38
None of the three sources listed in others' proposed comments provide details of the "many poison pills" that are said to be in the legislation. Here is one of those sources: [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-1-28) Author
2024-02-29 03:37:15
No note needed. Senator Duckworth's post is accurate. The reasons why the bill was blocked including the alleged poison pills such as potentially opening the door to gene selected designer babies belong in the replies. They are problems raised by allowing unrestricted IVF. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(15-0-7) Author
2024-02-29 05:24:31
NNN, it is factually correct. Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would federally protect IVF access. The "poison pills" and "designer babies" arguments are a critique of assisted reproductive technology itself, not a hidden addition to the bill. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(23-0-0) Author