Abbott not pushing legislation, but signals support for IVF
of the Texas Fertility Center in Austin is one of many fertility doctors in Texas who have feared “personhood” legislation for years – such legislation, which defines embryos as people, would make in vitro fertilization untenable., so parents can sue for wrongful death. In response, IVF programs in the state stopped operations. The ruling doesn’t directly apply to Texans because it’s based on Alabama state law, rather than federal law.
“We want to make it easier for people to have babies, not make it harder. And the IVF process is a way of giving life to even more babies,” AbbottCNN’s Dana Bash Sunday. “We’re gonna have to find ways to navigate laws and in fact situations that are very complicated.” Dr. Silverberg, no stranger to fertility-focused lobbying, points out that Abbott has a history of supporting IVF. During the pandemic,deemed non-essential shut down, but not in Texas. “We went to the governor’s chief of staff who immediately took it to the governor and the governor himself said we could stay open during COVID. We were one of the only IVF programs open in the country.”
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