Hyde-Smith Torpedos Dem Stealth Attempt to Cancel Religious Freedom

On Friday, Democrat Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth tried to get the upper chamber to give “unanimous consent” to her Access to Family Building Act, a false flag effort to “protect” IVF.

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The process of unanimous consent would have automatically passed the bill, but the process also allows a single senator to block it, stopping its automatic passage. Hyde-Smith chose to block, and for some very specific and important reasons. ...

The media’s lies have come in so thick that Hyde-Smith put out another statement to address the left-wing media’s broadsides.

“The media headlines and stories painting the picture that I object to IVF are blatantly misleading and some are boldfaced lies. I have been clear about my strong support of IVF and its ability to help bring God’s beautiful creations into the world. Senator Duckworth’s legislation was construed as ‘protecting IVF,’ when in reality, no states have banned or intend to ban IVF. I objected to the unanimous consent request to pass S.3612 due to its broad, sweeping language that would have serious consequences in our goal to protect life and religious freedoms. As Chair of the Pro-Life Caucus, I will always do everything in my power to protect the lives of mothers and children, and felt that this bill was too dangerously opaque to be allowed to bypass Senate procedure.”

Ed Morrissey

There's more at the link from Heritage on this amendment and why it's nowhere near as benign as Duckworth claimed. We can support IVF if it is performed so that any human life is protected through the whole process. 

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