The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 51-44 to kill the “Right to IVF Act” which had previously failed in June.
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Trump Aims to Make IVF Treatments Covered by Government or Insurance Companies If Elected
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he would either force insurance companies or the U.S. government to cover In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatments if he returns to the White House next year.
Read MoreAlabama Hospital to Discontinue IVF After 2024
An Alabama hospital on Wednesday announced that it would discontinue in vitro fertilization (IVF) services at the end of the year due to the legal controversy surrounding the practice.
Multiple healthcare providers paused IVF treatments in the wake of a February decision by the state Supreme Court asserting that frozen embryos created through the process enjoy the same rights as “unborn children.” GOP Gov. Kay Ivey, in March, signed a law providing legal protection for IVF providers, though that effort has evidently not calmed the nerves of some of them.
Read MoreAlabama Gov Signs Law Protecting IVF After Landmark Ruling Declared Frozen Embryos ‘Children’
Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill Wednesday evening that gives medical professionals who freeze embryos for fertility treatments immunity from criminal prosecution.
The bill was proposed by lawmakers in February after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos created during the process of in vitro fertilization (IVF) were “children” and multiple IVF clinics shut down as a result due to concerns about being prosecuted. Ivey announced that she had signed the bill in a statement released on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Read MoreTrump Backs IVF Access After Alabama Ruling
Former President Donald Trump on Friday espoused support for continued access to in vitro fertilization in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that determined frozen embryos have the same rights as “unborn children.”
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