It's not just abortion bans. We must pass my legislation to ensure every American has a right to access IVF immediately. No one looking to start or grow their family—in any state—deserves to be criminalized. rollcall.com/2024/02/20/rep…

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has paused IVF treatments as it examines a ruling by the state’s Supreme Court that determined that frozen embryos should be considered children. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Alabama passes IVF protections while red states still push ‘personhood’ abortion laws iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/03/04/ala… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

In similar news, Americans polled by Pew Research Center overwhelmingly support access to IVF. pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…

“An Egg 🥚is Not a Chicken 🐔 and an Embryo is Not a Child” Check out this Inkling by Dr. Feinberg et al that discusses the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision. Share your thoughts with us! Full link to article 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.fert…

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Great to hear that you support IVF Rick Scott 😎 Please vote for the bipartisan Access to Family Building Act endorsed by ASRM and resolveorg ! Possible McConnell replacement takes Democrat IVF accusations head on with major announcement foxnews.com/politics/possi… #FoxNews

"Disinformation is being spread by special-interest groups who are working to influence legislation to restrict IVF... This in turn makes their journey to creating a family more medically difficult, time-consuming, and expensive." newsweek.com/lets-set-recor…

Women were more than twice as likely to die in or around childbirth in some US states with severe abortion restrictions compared to those with greater access, researchers say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality

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Wow!

I asked Tim Walz about IVF politics in February. "My wife and I used Mayo Clinic reproductive services, and my daughter Hope was named Hope for a reason," he said. "Because married for eight years, no children, wanting children. We got Hope because of this type of stuff."

As a doctor whose wife experienced 4 miscarriages amongst the 3, now healthy adult children we have raised, I can’t stop thinking about JD Vance’s answers on abortion during the VP debate. Here is the problem with his and Trump’s “leave it to the states” approach. 1/13