[ad_1] Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands on Tuesday won a special election for a state House seat in Alabama after making in vitro fertilization and abortion rights central to her campaign. Lands, a licensed professional counselor, defeated Madison City Council member Teddy Powell, a Republican who once worked as a Defense Department budget analyst. The state’s 10th … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Vaccines, birth control pills, hormone therapies and fertility drugs would be subject to new litigation if the Supreme Court endorses a challenge to abortion pill mifepristone, pharmaceutical industry experts warn. When the court on Tuesday weighs whether to roll back Food and Drug Administration findings that made mifepristone more readily available, it … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A group of four House Republicans sent a letter to the Biden administration Wednesday protesting a policy to expand access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, for veterans. The letter, addressed to Denis McDonough, the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, was signed by Reps. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., Mary Miller, R-Ill., … Read more
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[ad_1] WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia — House Republicans said they emphatically support in vitro fertilization at their annual policy retreat here this week. But they’re all over the map on how to protect access to the treatment that has helped millions of families have children. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Congress doesn’t have a … Read more
[ad_1] Iowa Republicans have blocked a personhood bill from advancing in the Legislature that would have made it a felony offense to “cause the death” of an “unborn person” — language that prompted concerns that the measure would criminalize in vitro fertilization. The bill had passed the GOP-controlled state House last week, but the Republican-led … Read more
[ad_1] Rep. Marc Molinaro announced Wednesday that he was cosponsoring a bill protecting access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), becoming the first Republican to do so. Molinaro, a vulnerable Republican seeking re-election, said in a statement that he is “a parent who has personal experience with IVF” and expressed support for “all women and families … Read more
[ad_1] Iowa state House Republicans on Thursday night passed a personhood bill that would make it a felony offense to “cause the death” of an “unborn person,” putting the conservative midwestern state directly into the national battle over protections for in-vitro fertilization. The bill, in its current form, does not provide any protections for embryos … Read more
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[ad_1] The Alabama state House voted Wednesday to pass a finalized Republican-proposed bill intended to protect in vitro fertilization, following weeks of backlash prompted by a controversial state Supreme Court ruling that embryos are considered children. The state Senate was set to vote on an identical bill later Wednesday night. If the chamber also passes … Read more