IVF bill goes to the governor as GOP women move to extend protection to contraception
- A Georgia bill to codify the right to in vitro fertilization received overwhelming support from the state Senate and is headed to Governor Brian Kemp for approval.
- Republican Representative Lehman Franklin introduced the bill, gaining bipartisan support due to concerns over IVF access impacted by Alabama's laws regarding frozen embryos.
- Current Georgia law does not severely threaten IVF, differing from Alabama's legal approach to embryos as children, according to legal experts.
- Franklin stated that he wishes to ensure IVF remains safeguarded in Georgia.
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Battleground: Ballot Box - Lawmakers Huddle: A recap of Georgia legislative session Week 11
Georgia’s legislative session is wrapping up, but not without a few surprises. GPB’s Donna Lowry and Pamela Kirkland break down the unexpected last-minute salary raises for top state officials, a revived push to ban DEI policies in schools, and bipartisan support for protecting IVF. Plus, a longtime state senator gets a big new role in Washington.

IVF bill goes to the governor as GOP women move to extend protection to contraception
A proposal to protect access to in-vitro fertilization has been sent to the governor as Georgia lawmakers are proposing a similar measure to protect the right to contraception. Bipartisan calls to shore up access to IVF began in the wake…


Georgia bill to codify IVF heads to governor after getting overwhelming support in both chambers
A Georgia bill to codify the right to in vitro fertilization got overwhelming in the state Senate and will likely go to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk for his signature soon. Republican Rep. Lehman Franklin introduced the bill after his wife…


Georgia Senate backs IVF treatments
ATLANTA – Women who are finding it difficult to get pregnant are one step closer to guaranteed access in Georgia to a medical procedure that assists with conception after the state Senate overwhelmingly approved the legality of it Thursday. House Bill 428 was prompted by an Alabama Supreme Court ruling last year that declared frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) should be treated as children. The decision essentially banned
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