Fight For Alabama Families, a coalition of advocates and treatment providers, is kicking off a new campaign called “IVF Made Me” designed to humanize the issue of IVF in Alabama and promote it as ‘pro-life.’
“With less than 78 days until Alabama’s legislative session begins, Fight For Alabama Families (FFAF) remains laser-focused on our goal: full and permanent protection for IVF in Alabama,” the organization said in a Facebook post. “Our opposition has been hard at work and your stories of family-building are as important to that goal now as they have ever been. We are excited to share an opportunity for FFAF families and advocates to share the impact of IVF on your family.”
Part of the campaign includes contacting elected state officials to show support for the treatment. ABC 33/40 covered the campaign launch in a segment over the weekend:
“We are calling on IVF moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents, godparents, cousins, and IVF children themselves to appear in photos and videos to tell AL legislators what IVF made you. Our goal is to have a photo of all of the IVF families in Alabama so that we can show our legislators how many Alabamians have been impacted by IVF.
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The availability of IVF treatments in Alabama came into question in February after the state Supreme Court ruled that a frozen embryo was a child under state law. The decision caused providers throughout the state to shut their doors, some permanently.
To address the fallout caused by the ruling, the state Legislature recently passed a law that gives IVF programs immunity from criminal and civil liability.
IVF is not only supported by a majority of Republican voters in Alabama. According to a Yahoo News/YouGov poll; 74% of Americans say they believe IVF should be either more accessible than it is now (55%) or as accessible as it is currently (19%) to people who are trying to conceive children.
Austen Shipley is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
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