Louisiana lawmakers are working to safeguard in vitro fertilization providers who accidentally damage fertilized embryos, joining a handful of states that have bolstered protections for fertility treatments caught up in the debate over abortion rights.
The Senate voted 36-1 on Monday for a bill that would revise the state’s nearly 40-year-old law governing IVF procedures to keep providers from facing criminal or civil liability as long as they are acting in good faith.
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