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Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss a recent Senate vote on IVF.

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Collins began the segment accusing Senate Republicans of blocking “a bill that would guarantee access to the very thing that a lot of them say they support.”

“It’s also the very thing that we have heard from Donald Trump say that he supports,” she added. “Democrats tried and failed again to pass that measure, which would guarantee access to IVF nationwide, and tonight they are using this vote to hammer Republicans who said no.”

Once she introduced Cotton, he quickly got to work cleaning up what he says are inaccuracies on the host’s part.

“Well, Kaitlan, first off, I have to correct almost everything you said in the lead-in there, almost none of which was accurate about this bill,” the senator admonished. “First off, there’s no risk to IVF in this country. All 49 Republican senators, along with President Trump, support IVF. No state restricts or bans IVF.”

“I didn’t say that in the intro, but okay, go ahead,” she responded.

“You said that it had to guarantee access. Access is guaranteed in all 50 states right now,” Cotton pointed out. “You also said that it was about IVF. It was about a lot more than IVF. This bill would mandate coverage for experimental, controversial procedures like cloning or gene editing, or providing fertility treatments to men who think they’re women, whatever that means. It would also imperil religious liberty.”

“I support IVF, as President Trump does. We also think that we should allow, say, Christian hospitals to operate fares as they see fit, according to the dictates of their conscience,” he continued. “Now it’s not surprising that Democrats don’t agree with that. They’ve long persecuted Christians, like the Little Sisters of the Poor. They wanted to provide contraception coverage for nuns, or they’ve harassed Catholics for going to traditional masses.”

“Okay senator, let’s stop you there,” Collins interrupted, prompting Cotton to cut in.

“No Kaitlan, you’re not going to stop me there! Because you’re misrepresenting what the bill is about.”

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