Democrat Senator to Force Vote on Sweeping Fertility Bill After Alabama IVF Ruling
Sen. Duckworth’s bill would install federal protections, not just for IVF, but for all “assisted reproductive technology.”

Sen. Duckworth’s bill would install federal protections, not just for IVF, but for all “assisted reproductive technology.”

Both Republicans and Democrats in Alabama are working to carve out exceptions for in vitro fertilization (IVF) after the state’s Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos are considered unborn children under state law.

An explosive device was detonated outside of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office early Saturday morning, he said in a statement.

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Republicans have put the “rights of a fertilized egg over” the rights of women in America.

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin told her co-hosts Friday on “The View” that the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling embryos are children was an attempt to increase the birth rate of white children.

Trump is calling on the Alabama Legislature to find a way to preserve in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Alabama following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling last week that frozen embryos are considered unborn children, asserting that the “Republican Party should always be on the side of the Miracle of Life.”

Lincoln Project senior advisor Tara Setmayer said Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In” that the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law is a “kryptonite issue for Republicans.”

Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) told NBC News Wednesday that frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization were “babies” when asked about the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday that frozen embryos are considered unborn children under state law, and that anyone who destroys them may be held liable.

China is increasing subsidies for fertility services, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), in its bid to arrest crashing birth rates.

A woman has become the first to give birth with a transplanted uterus outside of a clinical trial, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced on Monday.

A baby who has the DNA of three different people has been born in the UK, a report on Tuesday has revealed.

A new poll shows growing support for the eugenics-based idea of selecting human embryos during IVF based on “intellectual aptitude.”

A top French court has ruled that transgender men, i.e. women who have transitioned, are not eligible for artificial fertilisation treatments (IVF) after the case was brought by a transgender association.

Judges of the Constitutional Council will rule on whether a transitioned person will be eligible for medically assisted reproduction.

Two couples gave birth to each other’s biological babies after a Los Angeles clinic, the California Center for Reproductive Health, allegedly implanted the wrong embryos in the respective mothers.

MADRID (AP) – Spain’s health minister signed an order Friday granting single women, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people access to medically assisted reproduction in the public health system, where it is performed free of charge.

Starting this year, the Hungarian government is set to offer free in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures for couples wanting children in order to boost the national birthrate to 2.1 children by 2030. The Hungarian government has taken control of six private

Irish Health Minister Simon Harris criticized a Catholic parish this week for publicizing on social media Church teaching against in vitro fertilization (IVF).

PARIS (AP) – Single women and lesbians in France won’t have to go abroad to have babies anymore under a proposed new law that would give them access to medically assisted reproduction for the first time.

A survey has revealed that 44 per cent of British women aged 18 to 24 said they would consider freezing their eggs in the future, while a quarter of those in that age group also admit to being concerned about their fertility.

A New Jersey couple is one of the rising number of parents who are paying tens of thousands of dollars to guarantee a baby of a particular sex.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has announced she is pregnant, meaning she will become the first sitting U.S. Senator to give birth while in office.

AFP — Britain is set to become the first country in the world to legally offer “three-parent baby” fertility treatments after regulators gave the green light. The technique, which uses DNA from two women and a man, would allow mothers

TEL AVIV – A 60-year-old Israeli woman gave birth to her first child following a labor fraught with challenges.

TEL AVIV – Israeli researchers have published a new study featuring a drug that acts as a contraception without any of the side effects caused by hormones, Ynet news reported.

Chrissy Teigen hasn’t yet revealed the name of the first child she’s expecting with musician husband John Legend — but her top choice got the approval of none other than President Obama.

Chrissy Teigen came under fire on social media this week after revealing in an interview that she chose her baby’s gender while undergoing in vitro fertilization to conceive her first child.

While the Kardashian-Jenner clan may have lost its patriarch in Bruce Jenner, a new report reveals Kimye took extra steps to ensure their next child was a boy. According to The New York Daily News, Kim Kardashian went through an in

Businessman Nick Loeb is suing his former fiancée, Sofia Vergara, to prevent her from destroying two female embryos created by the couple through in vitro fertilization six months before they called it quits.

While a feud between the outspoken founders of Dolce & Gabbana and singer Elton John continues to heat up, Madonna took to Instagram Wednesday to show support for children conceived through in vitro fertilization.

Is Elton John’s Dolce & Gabbana boycott over already? To properly understand the twists and turns of this ever-changing story, you may need to pack a lunch. “Sir” Elton did.

Italian designers Dolce and Gabbana on Monday accused Elton John of being authoritarian, ignorant and hypocritical as a celebrity-driven row over IVF babies and gay adoption showed no sign of abating.

A social media campaign calling for a boycott of fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana continues to pick up steam, but that doesn’t seem to bother co-founder Stefano Gabbana, who now describes singer Elton John and other gay activists as intolerant

Fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana have drawn the ire of LBGT activists, celebrities, weathermen, IVF proponents, and athletes in the days following their Panorama magazine interview, and now it looks like feminists are joining in.

Elton John called for a boycott of designer clothing brand Dolce & Gabbana over the weekend after its openly gay owners described children born through IVF as “synthetic.” Now, the singer is being joined by other stars who are sharing
