In February, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to expand access to in vitro fertilization.
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“One in three Americans are under-babied,” said Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz at a recent White House event on maternal health.
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Every year, Congress passes the Department of Defense (now Department of War) appropriations bill that funds our military. In addition, Congress must also pass a bill that authorizes policies and sets spending limits for our nation’s armed forces — the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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One of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises was to lower prescription drug costs for Americans.
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One of the most serious ethical concerns with in vitro fertilization is that for every child born with the help of IVF, there are typically many other children — the “spare” embryos produced by the IVF process — who are kept in cryostorage and consigned to an uncertain fate.
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What society once naturally recoiled from — designer babies, artificial wombs, and the termination of disabled children — is today the source of misguided compassion. In assisted reproductive technology, the desire to overcome the natural limitations of procreation has led researchers to develop startling new technologies.
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Women’s fertility is in trouble. From 2014-2020, the Centers for Disease Control reported a 2% decrease annually in the fertility rate among American women.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling on his Domestic Policy advisor to make recommendations for expanding access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and reducing its costs.
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The long-awaited National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) came out of the joint House and Senate conference committee this week.
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After the November elections, the House and Senate will vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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On February 16, 2024, the Alabama State Supreme Court handed down a decision affirming the value of frozen human embryos, produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF).
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In a move that only served to confound pro-life Americans further dismayed over recent statements that his administration will be “great for women and their reproductive rights,” former President Trump announced last week that “your government will pay for — or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for — all costs associated with IVF treatment.”
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The Alabama Supreme Court ruling in February reaffirming the humanness of frozen embryos and the subsequent threats by the IVF industry to shut down if required to operate responsibly sent lawmakers into a tizzy. Democrats — and some Republicans — began creating legislation to protect IVF even though no one was outlawing the practice.
Continue reading →IVF was thrust into the political spotlight earlier this year when the Alabama Supreme Court found that embryos created via IVF were covered by the state’s wrongful death statute. The ruling caused a panic not only in the state, but across the nation, as IVF clinics threatened to shut down unless they were given complete immunity for negligent acts like the one at issue in the case, in which a hospital patient entered an unsecure area of the facility, removed several cryogenically frozen embryos, and dropped them onto the floor killing them.
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A landmark Alabama Supreme Court ruling sent shockwaves throughout the nation on Friday. In a 7-2 decision, the justices ruled that embryos created through means like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are “minor children” under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act.
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People should be squeamish about the revolution in biotechnology. Yes, we wonder at the possibilities for curing genetic diseases and even for making ourselves smarter, prettier, or stronger. Yet we shrink from the potential horror of the world we might create with no hope of turning back.
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Who ever imagined that we would live in a world where selling babies would be acceptable and encouraged as an altruistic good? Of course, they are not exactly babies yet, but without these hot commodities, babies would be impossible. What are those commodities? Human sperm and eggs of course.
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The Democrats’ most recent answer to the question of how they will pay for their trillion-dollar health-care reform was just announced by Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel. He wants to impose a surtax on incomes over $280,000, which would be a staggering blow to small businesses that create most jobs.
Continue reading →The National Bureau of Economic Research released a study to be published soon in the American Economic Journal that shows women’s happiness has measurably declined since 1970. It’s no surprise that this has stimulated much comment.
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