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What Louisiana Pro-Life Leaders Get Wrong About “Protecting IVF”

The appropriate, pro-life response to the Alabama ruling is not to gut Louisiana’s IVF laws. Rather, it is to recognize that ultimately, it is up to the industry to avoid another “Alabama situation” by maintaining standards that would have prevented the events that led to the Court case in the first place, and to reinforce those standards through legislative action that establishes, maintains, and reinforces accountability. Sen. Pressly’s bill does the opposite. The post What Louisiana Pro-Life Leaders Get Wrong About “Protecting IVF” first appeared on Them Before Us .

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Movement Leadership & StrategyHuman Dignity, Disability & BioethicsIvf EmbryosLegislation
Human Dignity, Disability & BioethicsNEWS OR ANALYSIS

What Republican Legislators Get Wrong about ‘Right to IVF’ Bills

(Originally published in The Washington Stand) A seemingly innocuous in vitro fertilization approach that has been embraced by conservative lawmakers in multiple states is to propose bills that clarify that the “right” to IVF is protected in state law. Unlike more sweeping bills, like the one in Nevada that explicitly states that IVF embryos will never be recognized as persons or unborn children under state law, bills proposed in Georgia and Tennessee are brief and do not contain explicitly anti-life language. However, simply labeling IVF as a “right” carries implications that these legislator

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Human Dignity, Disability & BioethicsIvf EmbryosLegislation
Human Dignity, Disability & BioethicsNEWS OR ANALYSIS

Illusions of Control and the Ableism of Big Fertility

Marty and Melinda Rangers commissioned a surrogate pregnancy that ended in a twenty-week abortion after they alleged the surrogate violated contract terms by drinking alcohol, which they believed endangered the baby. The couple spent $300,000 on three commissioned children, with the first child aborted due to concerns over potential disabilities, highlighting issues of commodification and ableism within the fertility industry.

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Human Dignity, Disability & BioethicsSurrogacy