By MADISON FERNANDEZ 09/09/2024 10:00 AM EDT
Republicans running in competitive House districts are trying to counter Democratic attacks over in-vitro fertilization, as Democrats continue their relentless advertising campaign on reproductive rights.
Winning for Women, an outside group that supports conservative women, is launching a close to half a million dollar issue ad campaign focused on IVF, details of which were first shared with Score. The investment includes mail, texting and phone outreach in the battleground districts of CA-45 and OR-05 — held by Republican Reps. Michelle Steel and Lori Chavez-DeRemer, respectively — pointing to legislation they’ve spearheaded supporting the fertility treatment.
IVF was catapulted into the national spotlight earlier this year after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, imperling access in the state until the state legislature stepped in. Democrats were quick to attack their Republican opponents on the issue, working IVF into the broader messaging they’ve been hammering the GOP on in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade being overturned.
