Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Katie Britt (Ala.) announced Monday that they are introducing legislation to protect legal access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created by the treatment are children.
Cruz and Britt said they will unveil the bill to clear up the “confusion and misinformation” spread by the ruling, which has alarmed prospective parents who worry they may lose access to the procedure and the chance to have children.
“To address these concerns, we will introduce a bill on Monday to ensure IVF access is legally protected nationwide. The legislation would require, as a condition of receiving federal Medicaid funding, that states don’t prohibit IVF,” Cruz and Britt wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
Cruz and Britt added that their goal “is to make sure that any family’s path to bringing a child into the world isn’t compromised by preventable legal confusion.”
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
Should access to IVF be considered a right or a privilege in society?
@9MLY2XB2yrs2Y
This is an interesting question, and one which I struggle with. On one hand, fertility issues are health issues and so should come under the remit of free medical care, so too should overpopulation be a serious consideration for government. I would suggest that educating the public towards going child-free could have more long-term benefits.
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