Louisiana Senate added a new restriction to IVF, but it might not be enforceable
Louisiana lawmakers have added a restriction to receiving in vitro fertilization (IVF) services that doesn’t exist in current law, but it’s not clear whether it can be enforced.
Senators voted 28-10 Monday to block the transfer of embryos created through IVF to an out-of-state storage facility “for the purpose of destruction.” Afterwards, the chamber voted 36-1 for an overall bill to try and protect IVF providers from criminal charges and civil lawsuits under the state’s abortion ban.
The future of this broader IVF protection legislation could be up in the air with the Senate’s out-of-state storage amendment added onto it, according to Katie Bliss, an attorney that specializes in IVF contracts that has been working on the legislation.
“We are meeting today and tomorrow to talk it all over and decide what we should do from here,” she said in an interview Tuesday.
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