The US Senate is expected to hold a vote on Tuesday on a bill that would guarantee access to in vitro fertilization nationwide –- a move that comes as Democrats seek to pressure Republicans over the issue in the run-up to the November elections.

In vitro fertilization, used to treat infertility, has come become a political issue in 2024. A U.S. Senate bill protecting the procedure failed.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday led the effort to block a bill by Senate Democrats that they said would protect in-vitro fertilization in America. But on the Senate floor, Cruz blasted the Democratic bill as a cynical show vote,

A U.S. Senate bill aimed at enshrining federal protections and expanding insurance coverage for fertility treatments failed on Tuesday, as Republicans voted against it days after Donald Trump surprised supporters by voicing support for such a policy.

Democrats say Republicans who insist they support IVF are being hypocritical because they won’t support legislation guaranteeing a right to it.

GOP Senators blocked a Democratic bill that would require public and private insurance to provide IVF coverage

For the second time this year, the Senate failed to advance the Right to IVF Act, a bill that would expand federal protections and access to infertility treatments, including in vitro fertilization (IVF).

WASHINGTON >> A U.S. Senate bill aimed at enshrining federal protections and expanding insurance coverage for fertility treatments failed today, as Republicans voted against it days after Donald Trump surprised supporters by voicing support for such a policy.