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Ladies.. You want kids via IVF - FLORIDA says NO?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-republicans-bill-ivf_n_65b927ade4b05c8779f643af
Florida Republicans Introduce ‘Frightening’ Bill That Could Threaten IVF

The architects of Florida’s six-week abortion ban started the year by pushing for another, possibly more dangerous, anti-choice law.

State Sen. Erin Grall (R) and state Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R) introduced similar bills in the state legislature this month that would allow parents to recover civil damages for the wrongful death of a fetus or “unborn child.” The bills state that a pregnant woman cannot be sued but do not include protections for physicians – leading some advocates to believe that the legislation could be used against doctors providing abortion care and fertility treatments.

The House bill has one more hearing before a floor vote; the Senate version has not yet had a committee hearing. It’s likely the bill will become law given the legislature’s Republican supermajority and proven anti-choice track record. Opponents of the bill are holding out slim hope that the Senate, which can sometimes be a firewall against some of the most extreme policies, stops the bill from getting to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk.

Florida Democrats told HuffPost they’re worried the law will be weaponized against abortion providers, OB-GYNs who handle miscarriages and physicians who offer reproductive care such as in vitro fertilization.

“As a woman who had to utilize assisted reproductive technology to have my children, it is frightening for me that there’s a piece of legislation moving through the process that would basically make it untenable to utilize this type of medicine to achieve creating a family,” Florida state Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book (D) told HuffPost. “It’s really, really scary.”

Ladies.. You want kids via IVF - FLORIDA says NO?
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