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Supreme Court rejects IVF clinic's appeal of Alabama frozen embryo ruling
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review an Alabama ruling that triggered concerns about in vitro fertilization availability by allowing couples to pursue wrongful death lawsuits over the the accidental destruction of frozen embryos. A fertility...
California expands access to in vitro fertilization with new law requiring insurers to cover it
Having a baby via in vitro fertilization is about to become more accessible for many Californians after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring certain health insurers to cover the fertility treatment. IVF is a process in which eggs are retrieved from the ovaries and fertilized by...
Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women's rights to IVF
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue. The Senate vote was Democrats’ latest attempt...
Trump wants to make the GOP a 'leader' on IVF. Republicans' actions make that a tough sell
CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's vow to promote in vitro fertilization by forcing health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for the treatments is at odds with the actions of much of his own party. Yet his surprising announcement...
Trump calls for universal coverage of IVF treatment with no specifics on how his plan would work
POTTERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for women, but did not detail how he would fund his plan or precisely how it would work. “I'm announcing today in a major statement that under the...
In 60-year-old Tim Walz, Kamala Harris found a partner to advocate for reproductive rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The makings of a presidential ticket began in an unusual spot six months ago: a Minnesota abortion clinic. At the time, it was a historic visit for Vice President Kamala Harris — no president or vice president had ever made a public stop at one. But the visit...
Tim Walz has described his family's IVF experience. But they used a different procedure
WASHINGTON (AP) — In March, after an Alabama court halted in vitro fertilization procedures in the state, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz decided to speak about his struggle to have children with his wife, Gwen. The same month, his team sent a fundraising email titled “our IVF journey” sharing an...
