Legislation guaranteeing Georgia women struggling to become pregnant the legal right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) gained final passage in the General Assembly on Friday. The state House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve minor changes made by the Georgia Senate to House Bill 428 when it passed the measure on Thursday, sending the bill to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature.
The legislation was inspired by an Alabama Supreme Court decision last year that declared frozen embryos created through IVF should be treated as children. That ruling effectively banned the procedure in Alabama until state lawmakers passed a bill protecting IVF, which Republican Gov. Kay Ivey quickly signed into law.
