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WHAT THEY’RE WATCHING: Rick Scott Called Out for Voting Against Contraception and IVF in Statewide Tour
Press conferences in Miami, Orlando, and Tampa featured giant inflatable IUD
Last week, leaders in Miami, Orlando, and Tampa called out Rick Scott for voting against protecting access to contraception and IVF ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. During the tour, Floridians slammed Scott’s attacks on reproductive health care.
See below for a roundup of coverage of Democrats slamming Scott’s attacks on contraception and IVF:
10 Tampa Bay: Fact Check – Rick Scott Voted Against IVF Legislation
- New polling shows an overwhelming majority of Americans – more than 80 percent – support in-vitro fertilization or IVF. The fertility treatment has come into focus though after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law.
- Now, Florida Senator Rick Scott is facing questions on where he stands on the issue after his recent vote against it.
WFLA: Congresswoman Kathy Castor Call Out Rick Scott’s Votes Against Contraception and IVF
- “He’s trying to have it both ways. His rhetoric does not match his record. He votes against IVF but he says he supports it. He votes against contraceptives but he says he supports it. His record is the evidence that’s available to all Floridians,” [said Congresswoman Kathy Castor.]
10 Tampa Bay: Tampa Bay Democrats Call Out Rick Scott for Voting Against Contraception and IVF
- AFC [Americans for Contraception] was joined by several Democratic lawmakers calling out Republicans, including Florida Senator Rick Scott, for voting against two bills in Congress that would’ve made access to contraception and in-vitro fertilization a federal right.
- “He says ‘I’m for IVF,’ but his rhetoric does not match his record. If they really believed that contraceptives should be available and folks should have access, they could easily pass that into law and they haven’t,” [said Congresswoman Kathy Castor.]
Local 10 Miami: South Florida Democrats Call Out Rick Scott for Voting Against Contraception and IVF
- Whiplash inducing messaging recently: the Florida Senator releasing a new ad saying he will always IVF, just one day after voting against a bill to protect access to that exact same treatment.
Univision Orlando: Líderes demócratas abogan por la fertilización in vitro
- “Es muy importante que la comunidad latina sepa que esto no tiene que ver con demócratas y republicanos. Esto tiene que ver con la salud humana,” [dijo la Representante Estatal Johanna López.]
- Por eso, a través de correo electrónico, le preguntamos al Senador Rick Scott, si usted se considera pro-vida, por que votó en contra de la fertilización in vitro? Al otro día, lanzó un anuncio apoyando este método, diciendo que su hija lo utiliza. Acaso, se arrepintió?
- Tambien queremos saber, si usted se considera pro-vida, por que voto en contra de los anticonceptivos que pueden ayudar a las mujeres a prevenir un embarazo no deseado que luego se pueda convertir en un aborto?