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Trying To Protect Access To IVF — US Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) speaks during a news conference, on protections for access to in vitro fertilization as (L-R) Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) look on at the US Capitol on February 27, 2024 in Washington, DC. US President Joe Biden on February 22, 2024 slammed the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos are children, a decision that has led IVF clinics in the state to halt operations because of their increased exposure to wrongful death lawsuits. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trying To Protect Access To IVF — US Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) speaks during a news conference, on protections for access to in vitro fertilization as (L-R) Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) look on at the US Capitol on February 27, 2024 in Washington, DC. US President Joe Biden on February 22, 2024 slammed the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos are children, a decision that has led IVF clinics in the state to halt operations because of their increased exposure to wrongful death lawsuits. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trying To Protect Access To IVF

The backlash to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling designating frozen embryos has been intense. Republicans at the state and national level have openly disagreed with the decision. And Democrats have used the ruling to hammer Republicans over reproductive rights. Last month, Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth introduced a bill to protect IVF. It hasn't gotten a lot of attention - until now. Duckworth used IVF to build her own family, and has been warning since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade that the decision could lead to reproductive rights being challenged. Duckworth discusses her legislation and whether she thinks republicans will support it. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

US Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) speaks during a news conference, on protections for access to in vitro fertilization as (L-R) Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) look on at the US Capitol on February 27, 2024 in Washington, DC. US President Joe Biden on February 22, 2024 slammed the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos are children, a decision that has led IVF clinics in the state to halt operations because of their increased exposure to wrongful death lawsuits. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

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The backlash to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling designating frozen embryos has been intense. Republicans at the state and national level have openly disagreed with the decision. And Democrats have used the ruling to hammer Republicans over reproductive rights.

Last month, Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth introduced a bill to protect IVF. It hasn't gotten a lot of attention - until now.

Duckworth used IVF to build her own family, and has been warning since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade that the decision could lead to reproductive rights being challenged.

Duckworth discusses her legislation and whether she thinks republicans will support it.

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