IVF

Chuck Schumer,Cory Booker,Tammy Duckworth

National

Senate Republicans block IVF bill, as Democrats elevate issue ahead of November election

4:37pm September 17, 2024

Senate Republicans blocked a bill to ensure federal protections for access to in vitro fertilization treatments, calling it a "show" vote by Democrats. Republican leaders and Former President Trump, the GOP nominee for president, say they back IVF but not the legislation proposed by Democrats.

National

Trump says he'll support free IVF treatments in a second term

1:33pm August 30, 2024

by Michel Martin

Former President Donald Trump told crowds in Wisconsin and Michigan that he would make IVF treatment free if he wins a second term. “I was always for IVF," Trump told them.

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National

Tim Walz is a new kind of reproductive rights messenger

10:24am August 27, 2024

People in politics have shared their experiences with infertility, including Michelle Obama and Mike Pence. But men haven't been as open about it on the campaign trail like Walz has.

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Health & Safety

The push for embryo rights in state legislatures worries IVF patients and doctors

11:54am June 04, 2024

by Natalie Krebs

13 states introduced bills this year that could give rights to embryos and fetuses associated with people. None passed yet but IVF patients and doctors fear such laws could limit fertility treatment.

Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024.

Politics & Government

Republicans try to soften stance on abortion as 'abolitionists' go farther

7:30pm May 21, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

Activists who describe themselves as "abortion abolitionists" want to charge women who have abortions with homicide and ban the fertility treatment known as IVF, saying life begins at conception.

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The Catholic Church officially opposes in vitro fertilization, yet many Catholics don't view IVF as morally wrong.

Despite church prohibitions, Catholics still choose IVF to have children

6:02pm March 22, 2024

by Jason DeRose

Religions hold a variety of views toward IVF. Catholicism has one of the strongest negative judgments against the practice. Yet many in the church still use the procedure in order to have children.

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Texas Rep. Mónica De La Cruz and Alabama GOP Sen. Kate Britt delivered rebuttals to Biden's speech.

Politics & Government

GOP rebuttals to Biden's State of the Union focus on the border and immigration

1:51am March 08, 2024

Alabama GOP Sen. Katie Britt and Texas Rep. Mónica De La Cruz delivered rebuttals to Biden's speech focusing on immigration, crime, inflation and national security.

Amanda Zurawski, a guest to the State of the Union of Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference held by members of the Pro-Choice Caucus and Democratic Women's Caucus at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

Politics & Government

Alluding to Trump, Biden calls out Republicans 'bragging' about abortion bans

9:57pm March 07, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

In a likely foreshadowing of Democrats' messaging this fall, President Biden called out those who enabled the overturning of Roe v. Wade and asked voters to give him a Democratic Congress.

Nicole Sidman talks with prospective voter Rebekah Rubenstein on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C., ahead of Super Tuesday.

Politics & Government

On Super Tuesday, abortion is driving Democrats to the polls in North Carolina

11:21am March 05, 2024

The Biden campaign says it sees a chance to win North Carolina in November. In the primary campaign, Democratic voters say new restrictions on abortion are motivating them to get to the polls.

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Hundreds gather for a protest rally in support of in vitro fertilization legislation on Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala.

Alabama Legislature moves to protect IVF services after state court ruling

4:59pm February 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

Alabama lawmakers rushed to protect in vitro fertilization services after fertility clinics shut down in the wake of a ruling that frozen embryos are children under the state wrongful death law.