Richmond, VA – As the U.S. Senate votes on Sep 17th, on the Right to IVF Act, which includes a Kaine-led provision that expands in vitro fertilization (IVF) protections for military families in Virginia and across the country, it is a stark reminder that Hung Cao opposes IVF protections for Virginia families.  

America’s first baby born via IVF was in Norfolk, Virginia – and instead of being proud of Virginia’s trailblazing history, Cao has made clear he is a MAGA extremist who pledged to support a national law that could jeopardize IVF access for Virginians who are trying to start a family. 

Cao has shown his true anti-choice colors to Virginians, letting us know loud and clear that he will do everything he can to restrict reproductive rights: 

• When the Washington Post asked Cao if he would protect IVF, he refused to answer whether he would support Senator Tammy Duckworth’s IVF protection bill.  

• Last year, Cao supported Senator Tuberville’s blockade of military promotions – including of many Virginians – to restrict access to abortion for service members. Cao said that he did “actually agree with Senator Tuberville.”  

• Cao was “thrilled” when Roe v. Wade was overturned. 

• Cao pledged in a 2022 questionnaire to support a law “to protect innocent life from conception to natural death,” which would mean a nationwide ban on abortion with zero exceptions for rape or incest. 

“If Hung Cao were in the Senate, he would fall in line with MAGA extremists and vote to jeopardize access to IVF for Virginians who are trying to build families of their own,” said DPVA Chairwoman Susan Swecker. “Virginia is the last state in the South without an extreme abortion ban and we know how hard we must work to protect our reproductive rights. With early voting starting in a few days, Virginians will soon go to the polls to reject Republicans like Hung Cao who threaten our reproductive rights and the freedom to make our own health care decisions up and down the ballot across the Commonwealth.”