Senate Democrats' attempt to protect IVF in Kansas voted down
TOPEKA — In-vitro fertilization in Kansas remains unprotected after a Democrat-driven measure to hear guardrail legislation on the Senate floor failed Tuesday.
Senators held a brief discussion of in-vitro fertilization after approving legislation that would force abortion providers to ask women a series of invasive questions before receiving an abortion.
Immediately following the abortion measure’s passage — during which Republican senators opined on the “emptiness of abortion,” and characterized the procedure as one that “kills innocent children” — Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes, a Lenexa Democrat, tried to pull Senate Bill 554 out of committee for a floor debate. The measure would protect IVF treatments by declaring that “a fertilized human ovum or embryo existing outside the uterus of a human body shall not be considered an unborn child or human.”
“Women across this country are concerned and scared and they don’t know what is the future for their reproductive rights,” Sykes said. “This was one step in showing that the Kansas Legislature cares about women who have trouble getting pregnant and that we stand behind them, and we support their rights.”
https://kansasreflector.com/2024/03/28/senate-democrats-attempt-to-protect-ivf-in-kansas-voted-down/
