A measure that would provide federal protection for in vitro fertilization (IVF) has fizzled, after Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R–Miss.) blocked a bid to pass it by unanimous consent. The bill, introduced by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D–Ill.), was designed to address uncertainty about fertility treatments in a post-Roe world.
Many doctors—and patients—are worried that anti-abortion laws could be used to block IVF treatments or at least criminalize elements of them.