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IVF patients are trapped in limbo and bracing for the next post-Roe fight

20 mins | Aug 13, 2022
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With embryos gaining new legal protections, fertility treatments could become criminal. Two in every one-hundred babies in the US are conceived thanks to fertility treatments, often sought by same-sex couples or those struggling to conceive. However, with the overturning of Roe vs Wade leading to abortion becoming criminalised in many states, Jill Filipovic meets with a woman who relies on fertility medicine to conceive and discusses her fears that IVF could be next.

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