{"id":7112,"date":"2024-03-08T20:22:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T20:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/house-republican-drafts-bill-to-expand-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T20:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T20:22:20","slug":"house-republican-drafts-bill-to-expand-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/house-republican-drafts-bill-to-expand-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republican drafts bill to expand access to in vitro fertilization"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>A House Republican lawmaker is working on a bill to expand access to in vitro fertilization<\/a> (IVF) for families who cannot afford the procedure.<\/p>\n

Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital and Fox News Radio that he is working on a bill to lower costs associated with IVF.<\/p>\n

“It would give a tax incentive to help people that are less fortunate be able to do IVF, and I do think it’s something that’s important. Because I do think people that want children should be able to have the opportunity to have children, and IVF is [a] way to do it,” Carey said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

ALABAMA HOUSE, SENATE PASS PROTECTIONS FOR IVF AFTER COURT RULING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

His bill would specifically target low- and middle-income families trying to have a child.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a meaningful step from the GOP, which has so far struggled to coalesce around a broad message on the issue in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that triggered three clinics in the state to cease IVF services. Two have said they\u2019ll restart after the Alabama state legislature passed a law<\/a> protecting access.<\/p>\n

Democrats have used the ruling as a political cudgel against the right, claiming that Republicans would crack down on IVF access and reproductive health measures nationwide \u2013 an attack that those on the right have denied.<\/p>\n

ALABAMA PROVIDERS SUSPEND IVF TREATMENTS AFTER STATE COURT\u2019S RULING AS FERTILITY EXPERTS WEIGH IN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Alabama ruling prompted a wave of national Republicans<\/a> to come out in support of IVF, while some conservatives said it\u2019s an issue best left to individual states.<\/p>\n

Carey\u2019s bill, which he said is in the “drafting stages,” is not the first piece of legislation that congressional Republicans have put forward since the court decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s likely the most consequential so far \u2013 previous proposals have mostly included resolutions in support of IVF but with no real guardrails on access.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just one cycle of IVF treatment could cost between $15,000 and $30,000, depending on the clinic and a person\u2019s medical history.<\/p>\n

FOLLOWING IVF RULING, BIDEN TO SEND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY TO VISIT ALABAMA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I’m looking at trying to expand IVF for folks that are on the lower-income scale, because I think anybody that wants to have a child should be able to have a child, and for whatever reason, they may not be able to,” Carey said. “We’re working hard to try to get something through.”<\/p>\n

He urged his fellow Republicans to “embrace” IVF access.<\/p>\n

“IVF is pro-family,” Carey said. “Growing the family, being pro-child, I think it’s something that we as Republicans need to embrace.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX: A House Republican lawmaker is working on a bill to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) for families who cannot afford the procedure. Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital and Fox News Radio that he is working on a bill to lower costs associated with IVF. “It would give … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}