Idaho lawmakers move to protect IVF as backlash grows against Alabama decision
Idaho lawmakers move to protect IVF as backlash grows against Alabama decision
Lawmakers in the Idaho Legislature hope to shore up IVF after a court ruling in Alabama cast doubt on the infertility practice in states with abortion bans.
Idaho lawmakers from both parties are moving to protect in vitro fertilization procedures in the state after an Alabama court ruled earlier this month that embryos produced through IVF should be treated legally as children, McClatchy and the Idaho Statesman have learned.
The momentous ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court said the southern state’s constitution provided “rights of the unborn” to “extrauterine children,” a decision that has put Republicans on the defensive after GOP-run legislatures passed laws throughout the country declaring rights for the unborn from the moment of fertilization.
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Why would dems move to protect IVF instead of do nothing until repubs agree to protect women’s life’s?
State Dems aren't always as milquetoast as Federal Dems. Not always better, but sometimes