The IVF Protection Act is a solution in search of a problem. No state or federally elected leader wants to ban IVF.
Senators Ted Cruz and Katie Britt introduced the IVF Protection Act on Monday. The bill amends the Social Security Act by inserting the 'requirement that states do not prohibit IVF services' as a condition for receiving Medicaid funding. Since the Alabama supreme court decision in February, the tide is turning on in vitro fertilization toward strong regulations that protect parents and children. Unfortunately, the Cruz-Britt bill misses the point altogether.
May states limit sex selection on the grounds of opposing the eugenic selection of a child? The act is again silent.Worse, the act is notably lacking in key definitions. It defines IVF as 'the practice whereby eggs are collected from ovaries and manually fertilized by sperm, for later placement inside of a uterus.' While this definition is fine for a popular-level explanation of IVF, it fails to account for standard variations of the procedure.
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