A bill cosponsored by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., to protect in vitro fertilization procedures was blocked by Senate Democrats on Wednesday because it would deprive them of political ammunition in November, Alabama’s junior senator claimed.

The bill and several competing versions were a response to the controversial Alabama Supreme Court decision that ruled frozen embryos are children and have the same rights as people under Alabama law.

Britt argued that Democrats believe they would have one less issue to run on if legislation protecting IVF passes before the upcoming elections.

“If Democrats allowed the IVF Protection Act to pass today, they would lose a key scare tactic they believe helps them in November. And that, ultimately, is what this is all about,” Britt said Wednesday on the Senate floor as Democrats blocked the bill from being considered.

“They’re in Week 2 of their Summer of Scare Tactics, and eventually they are going to transition into a Fall of Fearmongering,” the senator said of her colleagues across the aisle.

The IVF Protection Act, Britt claimed, is the strongest of several competing Senate bills.

She argued the legislation, which Britt cosponsored with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is the only one that could pass with 60 votes in the upper chamber, the only version that “safeguards religious liberties” and is the only bill solely dedicated to protecting the fertility treatments.

“However, that’s not the bill the Democrats will be putting on the floor this week,” Britt said. “Sadly, they aren’t interested in a bill to actually protect IVF access and figuring out how we can get that to become law. That wouldn’t advance their true goal, which is about partisan electoral politics.”

Britt claimed Democrats were distorting and misrepresenting Republicans’ positions on IVF.

“At the end of the day, the American people want secure borders, they want safe streets, they want stable prices and they want strong families. My colleagues across the aisle know they can’t sell the Biden administration’s record on any of these topics – it’s been failure after failure yet again,” she said.

“The bottom line is the American people deserve better, and there is no better path out there than our bill,” the senator said. “The path of common-ground solutions, not showboats or scare tactics.”