Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocks Bill to Protect IVF

Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked a bill that would establish a federal right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology. The effort to quickly pass the Access to Family Building Act came in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court’s February 16 ruling that embryos are children under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. The ruling has resulted in some of...

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