Tammy Duckworth uses her IVF story to attack Republicans

Illinois Senate. Tammy Duckworth has been open about her struggles with fertility in addition to her determination get her daughters using IVF.

However, on Tuesday night Duckworth an ex- Army helicopter pilot, who was killed both legs during a 2004 rocket-propelled gun attack in Iraq she expressed it in the most direct of terms when she tried to explain the ramifications from the decision of the Supreme Court overturning Roe Wade v. Wade two years ago.

“My struggle with infertility was more painful than any wound I earned on the battle field,” Duckworth declared.

It is believed that the Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that frozen embryos constitute children which sparked an international debate on IVF. While Republicans have rushed to emphasize their widespread support for fertility treatment, Democrats have argued that any state is only an issue away having their Supreme Court deciding that IVF is not legal.

“But now Trump’s anti-American crusade has put other Americans’ right to have their own families at risk,” she wrote. “How dare the GOP endanger the dreams of countless veterans whose combat wounds prevent them from having kids without IVF.”

Trump and a majority of Republicans have emphasized that they support IVF over the past few months. However, the most conservative section of their base is awash with ethical and religious concerns about IVF in the way it is currently being practiced across the U.S., raising questions about the direction that the Republican Party is headed in regarding the issue.

This June Senate Democrats required a vote to approve a law authored by Duckworth — which put Republicans similar to JD Vance on record of opposing protections across the country for IVF. The majority of Senate Republicans supported blocking the legislation, arguing that it was excessive and threatened religious freedom or was unneeded.

“Together in November we’ll send a message to old cadet bone spurs,” she added, making a dig at the diagnosis that stopped Trump from being drafted in Vietnam. Vietnam War. “Stay out of our doctor’s offices and while you’re at it out of the Oval Office too.”