Regulating 'out of existence': US Republicans block bill protecting access to IVF

Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill that aimed to establish a federal right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and expand insurance coverage for the procedure. The legislation, which required 60 votes to advance, only received support from 48 senators, with just two Republicans in favor. Democrats introduced the bill to highlight threats to reproductive freedoms ahead of November's elections.