in vitro fertilization

With roughly eight months until the next session, some lawmakers and attorneys disagree on what protections exist for IVF under current Kentucky law.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky says a bill shielding doctors and other health providers from criminal liability is broad enough to apply to in vitro fertilization services.

GOP members assert the law is unnecessary and IVF and birth control remain legally accessible in Tennessee

Illinois Democratic lawmakers are pushing multiple bills this year to further protect and expand access to in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments.

Some lawmakers see embryos as people. Doctors are worried about what that means for the future of IVF without federal abortion protections.

The State Department says its updated policy "takes into account the realities of modern families" and advances in reproductive technology.