Alabama's legislature here voted Thursday to make IVF legal.
That pushes back on a ruling from the state Supreme
Court that ruled that IVF embryos have the same rights
as people.
Now legislators around the country,
including here in Georgia, are introducing legislation around the procedure.
Fox's Jared Halpern has more from Washington.
The debate over in vitro fertilization is heating up here
in Washington and across the country.
On Thursday, Alabama lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a
new law making the procedure legal in providing immunity to
medical personnel who perform IVF treatments.
It came just hours after House Democrats filed to press
ahead with legislation making IVF legal nationwide.
Any barriers to assisted reproductive technology are unacceptable and cruel
and anathema.
To the concept of building families.
Started when Alabama's Supreme Court ruled embryos created through in
vitro are the same as children under state law,
prompting hospitals and clinics around the state to stop offering
IVF treatments.
The courts Chief Justice citing the Bible as part of
his ruling.
This is post row America.
This is the Republican dream realized into a waking nightmare,
and it can still get worse from here.
A bill that would have legalized the procedure drew significant
support in Congress,
but on Wednesday was blocked by Senator Cindy Hyde Smith
of Mississippi.
The bill before us today is a vast overreach that
is full of poison pills that go way too far.
But with most Republicans supporting IVF treatment,
the bill could soon make a comeback.
It needs to be readily available,
It needs to be something that every American supports,
and it needs to be handled in an ethical manner.
A final vote on the Alabama bill is scheduled for
next week.
Governor Kay Ivey is expected to sign it on Wednesday
in Washington.
Jared Halpern, Fox News. Super Tuesday is right.