Health Care

La. lawmakers advance bill to protect IVF providers from liability

Fertility treatments have been caught up in the debate over abortion rights.
The Louisiana state Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., is pictured on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)

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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