Women’s History Month should be a time to celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of women. But sadly, it is being overshadowed by a continued assault on women’s fundamental rights and freedoms. The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling affording frozen embryos the same protections as children is the latest attack on reproductive health, jeopardizing the future of in vitro fertilization (IVF) services for thousands of women.
We know National Republicans won’t stop with Alabama, which is why this week I announced my co-sponsorship of the Access to Family Building Act to establish federal protections for IVF. This legislation would create a federal right to access assisted reproductive technology services—such as IVF—and create a private right of action for individuals and healthcare providers in states that have limited access to assisted reproductive technology.
Whether it’s restricting access to IVF, enacting abortion bans, or cutting funding for family planning services, it’s clear extremists across the country will stop at nothing to control women’s healthcare freedom. I’m fighting back, because I refuse to accept a world where lawmakers determine when and how a family can grow.
To learn more about how I’m fighting to protect women’s rights, read here.
