On June 25th, the American Journal again exposed Rick Scott’s desperate attempts to cover up his attacks on contraception and IVF treatment. Here are the facts: Rick Scott is spending millions to lie about voting against bipartisan legislation to protect access to contraception and IVF treatment.

Click here to read the article. See key excerpts below: 

• On June 7, Florida Sen. Rick Scott announced a seven-figure ad campaign touting his pledge to protect access to in vitro fertilization. Less than a week later, he voted against a bill that would establish a statutory right to IVF for all Americans.

• In addition to creating federal protections for IVF, the legislation included provisions to make the treatments more affordable for working families. The bill, which required 60 votes to pass, faced near-unanimous opposition from Republicans, including Scott.

• This is not the first time Scott has waded into the IVF debate. On March 6, he introduced a resolution he said would protect access to IVF. The resolution merely expressed sympathy for families struggling with infertility but did nothing to codify IVF access into federal law.

• Scott has a history of opposing reproductive health care access more broadly. In 2020, he cosponsored a national 20-week abortion ban that would have imposed criminal penalties on doctors who perform the procedure. 

• In April 2023, Scott endorsed a Florida law banning abortion after six weeks of gestation.