Georgia Congressional Republicans Support Dangerous Anti-IVF Legislation

Last week, in yet another extreme consequence of Donald Trump destroying Roe v. Wade, Alabama paused in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other fertility care. Georgia Republicans in Congress — Reps. Rick Allen, Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, Andrew Clyde,  Marjorie Taylor Greene, Barry Loudermilk, Rich McCormick, and Austin Scott — have all signed on to legislation that could do the same in Georgia.

“Donald Trump opened the door for Alabama to ban IVF when he destroyed Roe v. Wade, and if Georgia Republicans in Congress got their way, Georgia could be next in line,” said DPG spokesperson Ellie Schwartz. “Georgia Republicans in Congress have signed on to dangerous ‘life at conception’ legislation that would completely restrict reproductive freedom without any protections for IVF. From abortion to birth control to fertility treatment, Trump and the GOP have inserted themselves into the most personal decisions a family can make — and Georgians will not let them run from that record at the ballot box in November.” 

Georgia Republicans support dangerous legislation that would rip away reproductive rights:

• Just last year, Reps. Rick Allen, Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, Andrew Clyde, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Barry Loudermilk, Rich McCormick, and Austin Scott co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act, which would completely restrict reproductive freedom without any protections for IVF.

Donald Trump and his MAGA allies want to take this anti-freedom agenda even further:

• Trump has bragged about restricting the reproductive freedom of millions of women, saying proudly that “I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade.”

• Trump’s extremist allies are already laying out plans for a nationwide abortion ban, attacks on same-sex marriage, and restrictions on contraception.
  
• Trump has long supported a nationwide abortion ban, even saying in a speech to his MAGA supporters that “there of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it’s very important.”
  
• Trump has even gone so far as to call for punishing women who have abortions.
  
• Trump has claimed credit for every extreme abortion ban passed thanks to his role in overturning Roe v. Wade, and said he was ‘proud’ to have terminated abortion rights.

• And Trump’s close allies have plans to effectively ban abortion nationwide without the help of Congress. Trump’s allies could even attempt to prosecute doctors and patients for sending or receiving abortion medication in the mail.
  
• According to a poll conducted by the firm of Trump’s own longtime advisor, 86% of voters support IVF.

• Trump appointed an anti-IVF judge to a lifetime federal judicial appointment. He even added her to a list of potential Supreme Court picks. 

• The Trump administration proposed a rule that would have allowed health care workers to refuse IVF to women who were single, LGBTQ+ or in an interfaith relationship.
  
• Trump’s White House and campaign hosted the Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who ruled to restrict access to IVF.

• Trump’s Supreme Court appointee Amy Coney Barrett supported calls to protect life from fertilization and refused to answer questions about criminalizing IVF.

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