Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to protect access to In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) in Georgia after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Today, Sen. Ossoff and Senate colleagues launched a push to pass the Access to Family Building Act, legislation he co-sponsored to establish a legal right to IVF in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Alabama Supreme Court’s subsequent extreme ruling this month.
The Access to Family Building Act would establish a statutory right for an individual to access IVF, and for a health care provider to provide IVF services.
Since 1978, nearly half a million babies have been born using IVF treatment across the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 2,300 babies were born in Georgia through Assisted Reproductive Technology or IVF in 2021.
“Thanks to IVF, thousands of beautiful children are brought into our world each year. The campaign by extremists to ban IVF would deny countless families the blessing and responsibility of parenthood. That’s why I’m joining dozens of Senators fighting to protect access to IVF for families in Georgia and nationwide,” said Sen. Ossoff.
Sen. Ossoff continues working to protect Georgians’ access to reproductive health care.
Last year, Sen. Ossoff cosponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023.
Also, last year in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ossoff spoke with Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB/GYN in Atlanta, about the maternal health care workforce shortage Georgia faces and how Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban risks making this crisis worse.
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