On the recordMarch 8, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the Alabama Supreme Court's decision declaring that frozen embryos created through IVF are people, upsetting family planning and medical science. This ruling is just the latest in a long line of assaults on the rights of women since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Within days of the decision, women struggling to get pregnant were faced with the devastating reality that their appointments had been canceled and that their hopes of starting a family were put on pause. Mr. Speaker, we cannot accept this latest attempt to control women and our bodies. There are 184 House Republicans who have cosponsored bills that would classify embryos as children under Federal law-- despite their empty and meaningless promises to support IVF. Now is the time for action. ____________________
