Posted on Jul 8, 2022
After Roe: The uncertain future of fertility treatment
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Roughly 2 percent of children born in the U.S. are conceived by in vitro fertilization, according to the CDC.
The process involves combining sperm and eggs to create embryos in a lab, then placing them in a person’s uterus. And it’s usually used by same-sex couples, single people, and surrogate carriers in the U.S.
But now experts across the country are concerned that abortion bans could impact access to fertility treatment like IVF. Especially in Louisiana, where lawmakers introduced a bill earlier this year that would give full legal rights to embryos. It failed after a floor debate.
This leaves many fertility providers, patients, and lawyers with questions.
Could an embryo be considered a person? Could clinics face criminal penalties for embryo destruction if they don’t implant correctly, or have unused embryos that need to be discarded?
The process involves combining sperm and eggs to create embryos in a lab, then placing them in a person’s uterus. And it’s usually used by same-sex couples, single people, and surrogate carriers in the U.S.
But now experts across the country are concerned that abortion bans could impact access to fertility treatment like IVF. Especially in Louisiana, where lawmakers introduced a bill earlier this year that would give full legal rights to embryos. It failed after a floor debate.
This leaves many fertility providers, patients, and lawyers with questions.
Could an embryo be considered a person? Could clinics face criminal penalties for embryo destruction if they don’t implant correctly, or have unused embryos that need to be discarded?
After Roe: The uncertain future of fertility treatment
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Arizona pushes to treat embryos and fertilized eggs as people
The Center for Reproductive Rights is challenging a fetal personhood law and asking a court to block enforcement of it.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Grenfell is someone who had an ectopic pregnancy.
“And going through an ectopic was incredibly traumatic, so I can’t imagine having that happen and not feeling confident on what the course of action would be,” Grenfell said.
LB 933 which was the abortion ban trigger bill that failed last legislative session was also met with some criticism even from supporters for not excluding things like IVF from its wording. Some said that they wouldn’t consider re-voting until some of that wording was reworked.
State Senator Joni Albrecht, the author of LB933, did acknowledge last week to the Nebraska Public Media that they would “have some rewriting to do in the language from the trigger bill.”...
..."Grenfell is someone who had an ectopic pregnancy.
“And going through an ectopic was incredibly traumatic, so I can’t imagine having that happen and not feeling confident on what the course of action would be,” Grenfell said.
LB 933 which was the abortion ban trigger bill that failed last legislative session was also met with some criticism even from supporters for not excluding things like IVF from its wording. Some said that they wouldn’t consider re-voting until some of that wording was reworked.
State Senator Joni Albrecht, the author of LB933, did acknowledge last week to the Nebraska Public Media that they would “have some rewriting to do in the language from the trigger bill.”...
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