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June 26, 2024
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Rick Scott Proudly Stands With Matt Rosendale & More Anti-IVF Extremists
Rick Scott Backed Anti-IVF Extremist Matt Rosendale With Thousands of Dollars In Campaign Contributions
Rick Scott Received An A+ Rating From An Extreme Anti-Choice Group That Wants To Ban IVF And Believes The Birth Control Pill Should Be Illegal
Rick Scott Touts Endorsements From Extreme Republicans Who Cosponsored The Life At Conception Act, Has Donated Over $100,000 To Anti-IVF Extremists
Miami, FL – Just two weeks ago, Rick Scott spent millions to lie to Florida voters about his anti-IVF record and cover up his recent vote against bipartisan legislation to protect access to IVF treatment. Now, his extremist buddy Matt Rosendale, who’s received thousands in donations from Scott, is filing an amendment to this year’s Department of Defense funding bill that would ban all funding for the use of IVF treatments.
“Rick Scott can’t fool Floridians with his desperate and costly attempts to hide his anti-IVF, anti-contraception, anti-choice record – just look at extremists he proudly stands with,” said Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.“Radical Rick’s fake support for IVF is just his latest attempt to trick women into believing that he truly cares about our reproductive freedoms. But we aren’t buying it, and together, we’ll retire him this November.”
Rick Scott has been repeatedly called out for his false ad trying to cover up votes against contraception and IVF:
- “Just the day before he released one of his ads espousing unconditional support for IVF, he cast a vote on June 13 on the “Right To IVF Act” (S. 4445), which would guarantee federal protections for the procedure. He voted against it.” [WESH, 6/25/24]
- “The man must think we were born yesterday – which is the day that he voted against IVF.” [MSNBC, 6/14/24]
- “Yes, Sen. Rick Scott voted against IVF legislation and is running ads saying he supports IVF.” [WTSP, 6/24/24]
- “What’s more, Scott must’ve realized that he was opening himself up to criticism by saying the public can “always” count on him to protect IVF literally the day after he voted against legislation to protect IVF.” [MSNBC, 6/17/24]
- “Of course, the larger significance to this goes beyond one senator’s apparent hypocrisy and the gap between what the GOP says and what the GOP does on this issue: Scott’s ad also suggests that Republicans feel vulnerable when it comes to IVF as a campaign issue.” [MSNBC, 6/17/24]
- “U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, who voted against last week’s bill to protect IVF and then released a campaign ad in support of the procedure, explaining that his youngest daughter is currently using it.” [Orlando Sentinel, 6/20/24]
- “The ad was first posted to Scott’s X (formerly Twitter) account on Friday morning, and was quickly hit with a fact-check that Scott voted to kill the Right to IVF Act the day before.”[The New Republic, 6/14/24]
- “’You can count on this grandpa to always protect IVF,’ Scott (R-FL) wrote above a cheerful campaign video. ‘You literally voted against my bill to protect IVF yesterday,’ Duckworth immediately hit back.” [Raw Story, 6/14/24]