Senato Ted Cruz and fellow Republican Katie Britt of Alabama filed the IVF Protection Act on Monday.
With some Republican states restricting access to in vitro fertilization, Texas Senator Ted Cruz has filed a new bill in support of it.Cruz and fellow Republican Katie Britt of Alabama filed the IVF Protection Act on Monday.The bill would make states that ban IVF ineligible to receive Medicaid funding.The proposed legislation comes as states grapple with where IVF fits into anti- abortion laws .
It simply ensures that access to IVF is fully protected by federal law, as there is currently no such federal law in place," the senators wrote.Cruz is not the only Texas leader to express doubt about how the abortion law applies to IVF.Governor Greg Abbott told CNN earlier this year that he wants it to be easier for families to have children, not harder.
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