Louisiana House to debate IVF treatment protection bill [Video]
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Louisiana House to debate IVF treatment protection bill [Video]

ANUM SIDDIQUI, WDSU NEWS. ANUM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ALSO FROM THE STATE CAPITOL, LAWMAKERS ADVANCED A BILL TO PROTECT IVF TREATMENTS. THE NEXT STOP FOR THE BILL IS THE HOUSE FLOOR. SEEING THE FALLOUT OF NOW REVERSE RULING IN ALABAMA, THE BILL STEPS AROUND AMENDING THE STATE’S CURRENT LAW OF PERSONHOOD, BEGINNING AT CONCEPTION. INSTEAD, IT REMOVES LIABILITY OF DOCTORS IF A FERTILIZED EMBRYO DOES NOT END UP BECOMING A VIABLE PREGNANCY WITHIN THE STANDARD TIME OF 36 HOURS, THE BILL LEAVES ROOM FOR LAWSUITS.

Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill Monday that would protect in vitro fertilization treatments. The bill will now be debated on the House floor. After seeing the fallout of a now-reversed ruling in Alabama, the bill steps around amending the state’s current law of personhood beginning at conception. Instead, it removes the liability of doctors if a fertilized embryo does not end up becoming …

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