The Push for Embryo Rights in State Legislatures Worries IVF Patients and Doctors

June 7, 2024

(Virginia Public Media) – During the most recent legislative session in 13 states (including Iowa), lawmakers introduced bills that could give some of the same rights to embryos and fetuses that generally protect a person, according to an analysis by the Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit that supports abortion rights.

Though Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law granting protections to IVF a month after the court ruling, the precarious legal landscape worries patients like Brock and her husband. (Read More)