Senators push to protect IVF access nationwide

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Democratic lawmakers in the Senate are calling on their colleagues to pass legislation that would protect access to assisted reproductive technology, like in vitro fertilization, for every American across the country.

This comes after a ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court that determined that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) called the decision “a ruling based on extreme ideology rather than on medical science.”

Sen. Duckworth who co-sponsors the Access to Family Building Act along with Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), said she will bring the bill to the Senate floor Wednesday.

Sen. Duckworth has been open about how IVF is the reason she was able to start a family.

The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.

(Story by Jordan Connell, NEXSTAR, ozarksfirst.com)