“This Is the Whole Point of the Movement”: Doctors Fear IVF Will Be the Next Target in GOP’s Abortion Crusade

Among many reproductive-rights advocates and physicians, the end target for the antiabortion movement has always been clear: protecting the unborn at the precise moment of fertilization. “Everyone that is following this battle definitely thinks personhood is the ultimate goal—defining fetal personhood at conception seems to be the goal,” Seema Mohapatra, a health and ethics professor at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, said. “This is the whole point of the movement.” That reality, which is coming into greater focus, has rattled reproductive endocrinologists, who now fear that in vitro fertilization services (IVF) might be next on the legislative chopping… Read Full Article