Ted Cruz pretends to care about IVF in desperate bid for reelection

Sen. Ted Cruz’s latest attempt to make himself likable to Texas voters involves joining with Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt to introduce what they call “a Senate bill to clear up confusion after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling” on in vitro fertilization. The dubious duo’s Wall Street Journal op-ed comes after both of them refused to support a bill from Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth and other Democrats that would have done just that.

When the Senate Judiciary Committee was discussing that bill, Cruz insisted that federal protections of IVF aren’t necessary and that it is “indisputable” that “IVF is fully protected in law, it should be fully protected in law, and it will remain 100% fully protected in law.” 

Democrats, he said, were only saying it is under threat because they “cannot defend their position on abortion.” 

But now Cruz has changed his tune, tweeting Sunday: “Families across the U.S. are understandably worried that in vitro fertilization is under threat.” 

“While the Alabama Legislature after the court’s decision promptly reiterated that IVF is protected, federal legislation would eliminate any ambiguity that might arise from future state-level judicial interpretations,” he added.