Liberals are trying to use the controversy over a state court decision about IVF to jam through expansive legislation with massive consequences.
On Feb. 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered persons under the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. This bold, and yet legally limited, ruling sparked a national debate about the legal status of embryonic children. It also fueled unfounded attacks that Republican lawmakers, or anyone who does not voice opposition to the Alabama decision, wants to prohibit in vitro fertilization. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Still, this has not stopped Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.; Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.; and Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., from using this opportunity to paint their Access to Family Building Act as the political solution.
But ignore the rhetoric: Far from merely protecting IVF, this act…
