'Right to IVF Act' fails in the Senate 51-44

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 51-44 to kill the "Right to IVF Act" which had previously failed in June. 

The legislation would protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and require health insurance companies to cover fertility treatments.

When the legislation was voted on in June, it failed 48-47.

It needed 60 votes to move forward on the Senate floor.

Republicans in the past have voted against the legislation and argued that while they support IVF access, the legislation brought forward by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., allows abortion. 

"I voted against this legislation because it goes far beyond IVF," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., said in a statement earlier this year. "It is designed to be a backdoor to federalize abortion and other issues that are best debated and considered on their own merits, not hidden in a bill that purportedly addresses IVF. Alarmingly, it also actively exempts itself from Religious Freedom Restoration Act conscience protections."