GOP Sens Scramble To Find Reason To Oppose IVF Bill, Warning Of An ‘Anti-Religious Agenda’ “The bill allows for states to push for regulations that could severely reduce the standard of care for IVF treatment, such as restrictions on how many embryos are created and what individuals can do with these embryos — decisions that … Read more
Southern Baptists vote to oppose IVF and reject tighter ban on women pastors The resolution on IVF states that “though all children are to be fully respected and protected, not all technological means of assisting human reproduction are equally God-honoring or morally justified.” It cites the number of embryos generated in the IVF process — … Read more
The contraception bill failed due to lack of Republican support, and the IVF bill is expected to meet a similar fate. But setting aside the parliamentary maneuvering and election year positioning, the issue of IVF has Republicans genuinely scrambling. Read more at Talking Points Memo
“Really the greater push has been to really seek to restrict a lot of different types of sexual and reproductive health care. And one of the ways to do that is by establishing personhood in the law,” she said. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
Miller, who ultimately received a single fetal abortion and give birth to a healthy son, said she’s not confused about the former president’s positions when it comes to women and reproductive rights. Trump won’t make America great, she said, but he will make it more like Texas, subjecting millions more Americans to the sort of … Read more
Texas GOP Appears To Put Death Penalty For Abortion Patients On 2024 Wish List Texas delegates voted on a 2024 platform at the state’s GOP Convention on Saturday and aim to tally the votes by Wednesday to finalize their platform for the coming year. The proposal called for new legislation to solidify fetal personhood ideology … Read more
In addition to collecting standard information about the educational candidate’s background, military service, and other credentials, the questionnaire asks political hopefuls about additional restrictions they might seek to implement on abortion, which is currently banned in Florida after 6 weeks. The group asks if there ought to be penalties for women who seek abortion, and … Read more
Anti-abortion activists have sought full legal rights for embryos since the Seventies. Today, Alabamians are learning the true cost of that fight, from IVF access to miscarriage management and pregnancy criminalization Read more at Rolling Stone
So the two have teamed up to introduce legislation that they claim would, if it passed the Senate, ensure federal protections for in-vitro fertilization, the extremely popular and highly common procedure used to help people facing fertility issues conceive. … But as the Daily Kos writer Joan McCarter and others noted throughout the day Monday, … Read more
He also believes that embryos should have legal rights. Speaking to fellow activists, Hunter said that means charging patients who seek abortions — and anyone who helps them — with murder. Read more at National Public Radio
