U.S. Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, plans to introduce legislation that would: “Protect” IVF, Axios It was reported on Thursday.
“We should do everything we can to protect IVF for women around the world,” Mace told the press.
“We are currently drafting a resolution to express our feelings and will then consider legislative options,” she added.
Mace’s pending legislative action is in response to a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision that declared frozen embryos have the same rights as “fetuses,” Blaze News previously reported.
The court’s decision concerns a lawsuit brought by three couples against a mobile clinic medical center and a reproductive health center. After a patient at Mobile Hospital wandered into the area where the couple’s frozen embryos were stored, removed them from the freezer and dropped them on the ground, the couple sued the clinic for wrongful death, negligence and breach of contract. As a result of the fraudulent patient’s actions, all of the couple’s fetuses died.
Justice Jay Mitchell and Chief Justice Tom Parker ruled that Alabama’s wrongful death of a minor statute “applies to all unborn children.”
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed on Thursday that the “far right” will next try to “exercise government control” to ban contraception.
“They came for the abortion first,” she posted. X. “Now we’re doing IVF, and next is contraception.”
Despite Clinton’s claims, many Republicans have voiced opposition to the court’s ruling and the restrictions it could place on IVF treatments.
Rep. Nick Larota (RN.Y.) agreed with Mace, telling Axios that the court’s ruling “goes too far.”
According to Representative Anthony D’Esposito (RN.Y.), the ruling’s restrictions will “deprive countless Americans of the joy of family life.”
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) also told Axios that he “doesn’t support restrictions on IVF” because “I want to give people who want to be moms and dads that opportunity.”
“I am troubled by this ruling and I oppose it,” Rep. Mark Molinaro (R.N.Y.) told news outlets. “I support the women and families who choose IVF to bring life into this world. I give them my love and respect.”
Rep. Michelle Steele (R-Calif.) also opposed restrictions on IVF, posting the following: X“As someone who has struggled to conceive, I believe that every life is a gift. IVF, like many other methods, has given me the opportunity to start a family. I believe there is nothing more anti-life than helping people produce babies. I do not support federal regulation of IVF.”
Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) recently said: CNN He said he believes the Alabama Supreme Court “assessed the law correctly” in its decision.
“But I believe that Alabama’s law needs to change because the Republican Party cannot be the party that opposes family formation,” Gaetz continued. “People who want to start a family should have the government and the law on their side. And the idea that discarding fetuses and in vitro fertilization turns people who want children, who want families, who want the American dream into criminals. That’s really wrong.”
“Pro-life means being pro-in vitro fertilization,” Gates added.
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) called the situation “tough.”
“Because again, we really want to give people that opportunity,” Tuberville said. “We need more children.”
He further added that he agrees with the court’s ruling that a fetus is a child. hill report.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley also expressed partial support for the court’s assessment, saying, “To me, a fetus is a baby.”
Haley later clarified her position, saying, “I’m not saying I agree with the Alabama decision. The question I was asked was, ‘Do you believe that a fetus is a baby?'” “If you look at that definition, I think a fetus is considered a fetus. So, yes, from my stance, I believe that is what it is.”
“The difference, and this is also true for abortion, is that we need to treat these issues with the utmost respect,” Haley added.
The Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the state’s largest hospital, suspended in vitro fertilization services Wednesday while it determines whether patients and staff may face criminal charges or damages. Then he announced. On the same day, Alabama Fertility also announced it was suspending IVF services.
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