What They’re Saying: “Hogan Declines To Say Whether He’d Support A Federal Law To Codify Roe v. Wade” & “Doesn’t Commit To Federal IVF Protections”

Following Hogan’s appearance at an Axios event yesterday, a wave of new reporting details that Hogan “repeatedly refused” to say he would support federal legislation protecting IVF or “a federal law to codify Roe v. Wade.” “When pressed about whether he’d vote to codify Roe,” “‘that wasn’t a yes or no,’ Hogan said, before laughing briefly to himself.” 

See for yourself: 

Axios: Larry Hogan doesn’t commit to federal IVF protections
By Stephen Neukam
March 7, 2024

• Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), running for Senate in the state, would not commit Thursday to voting for federal IVF protections.

• Hogan also wouldn’t commit to supporting legislation to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law, a move that is deeply unpopular among many Republican lawmakers. When pressed on if his answer was a yes or no, Hogan said: “That wasn’t a yes or no.”

• Abortion access is a top issue in the 2024 campaign, with Republicans still struggling to find a consistent message after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

NBC News: Larry Hogan declines to say whether he’d support a federal law to codify Roe v. Wade
By Alexandra Marquez
March 7, 2024

• Larry Hogan on Thursday declined to say whether he would vote to protect in vitro fertilization or codify Roe v. Wade into federal law if Maryland voters send him to the Senate in November.

• Speaking at an Axios event in Washington, the Republican candidate told the moderator that he “didn’t even know [IVF] was an issue” until the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision.

• Pressed further on the issue, Hogan said he didn’t have a good answer on what to do about embryos that are created during the IVF process but don’t get used.

• He declined to say whether he would support legislation aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that granted the national right to abortion until the court overturned it in 2022. “It wasn’t a yes or no [answer],” he said when pressed about whether he’d vote to codify Roe.

• Democrats are expected to make abortion a focal point in this race and other battleground Senate races this cycle.

The Hill: Hogan dodges questions on codifying Roe, in vitro fertilization
By Sarah Fortinsky
March 7, 2024

• Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), a candidate for U.S. Senate in the state, would not commit to backing legislation that codifies into federal law the right to an abortion, as stipulated in the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade.

• He would not answer directly how he would vote on a bill codifying Roe. Axios’s Sophia Cai pressed Hogan for a direct answer, asking, “So is that a yes? Yes or no?” “That wasn’t a yes or no,” Hogan said, before laughing briefly to himself.

• In the interview, Hogan…dodged questions on whether he would support legislation protecting access to [IVF].

Semafor: Republicans keep tripping on IVF questions
By Benjy Sarlin, Jordan Weissmann and Morgan Chalfant
March 8, 2024

• And in Maryland, moderate GOP Senate candidate Larry Hogan…repeatedly refused to say what, if any, federal legislation he’d support to protect IVF.

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