Proposed “personhood” laws getting a closer look after Alabama’s IVF ruling could vastly complicate reproductive care in some states that require insurance coverage of fertility treatments and drugs, by setting up potentially clashing mandates on what to do with frozen embryos. Barring the disposal of unused IVF embryos — one possible outcome of such measures — could drive up costs for health plans and employers and force providers to find workarounds like shipping unused embryos out of state or limiting the number of embryos produced per cycle.
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Source: https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/ivf-fertility-coverage-mandate