Georgia Bill Requiring Oversight on IVF Likely Dead Until Next Year
According to Medical News Today and National Partnership, it looks as if the Georgia bill (SB169) is “dead” until next year. We had all suspected that this would happen, but again, we need to remain vigilant, as they may try and slip it through next year.
This Georgia bill was the first attempt in the US to restrict the number of embryos implanted into a woman following IVF, and is now being following by Missouri. Critics, such as Resolve and AFA, feel that the bills will produce devastating effects on those who want to have children but cannot without the help of IVF.
I am certain that this topic will be greatly debated at ASRM this year, and I look forward to being a part of that. I would also like to know what your thoughts on this are and how you can help this sort of “reactive” legislation from being enacted in your own state?
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Two thoughts. First, I didn't think IVF = implantation. I thought it was placement of the embryo in the uterus. Is this different? Second, what problem is there in enacting a law that follows the guidelines? I thought the guidelines are there to protect women, and this law would protect women from doctors who don't follow the guidelines.