{"id":2230178,"date":"2024-04-25T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lousiana-republicans-democrats-advance-bill-granting-immunity-for-killing-embryos\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T15:23:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:23:19","slug":"lousiana-republicans-democrats-advance-bill-granting-immunity-for-killing-embryos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lousiana-republicans-democrats-advance-bill-granting-immunity-for-killing-embryos\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana GOP and Democrats Push Bill for Immunity in Embryo Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flousiana-republicans-democrats-advance-bill-granting-immunity-for-killing-embryos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2230178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A bill granting immunity in embryo-related cases\u2062 is being\u200d considered in Louisiana, sparking discussions on IVF regulations \u200dand ethical concerns.\u200d The \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-scrambles-to-crack-down-on-driverless-cars-that-are-immune-from-most-citations\/\" title=\"California rushes to tighten regulations on self-driving cars that are largely exempt from penalties\">proposed legislation\u200b aims<\/a> \u2064to protect\u200c fertility\u200b facilities \u200dfrom liability, facing\u200b scrutiny for loopholes that allow embryo destruction. The state\u2063 House is\u200c reviewing two \u200dbills, HB 833 and HB 742,\u200d which seek to shield fertility professionals from legal repercussions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>When Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/29\/republican-cindy-hyde-smith-blocks-democrats-radical-ivf-bill-but-whiffs-on-the-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blocked<\/a> a vote on congressional Democrats\u2019 radical assisted reproductive technology bill at the end of February, she cited Louisiana as an example of\u00a0a state with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/29\/republican-cindy-hyde-smith-blocks-democrats-radical-ivf-bill-but-whiffs-on-the-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ccommon-sense\u201d in vitro fertilization restrictions<\/a>. Those little protections the 1986 law provided to unborn life, however, are subject to change now that the state House has advanced two bills aimed at shielding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-judge-sperm-donor-baby-belongs-with-mother-and-father-not-moms-lesbian-ex\/\" title=\"Oklahoma Judge: Sperm-Donor Baby Belongs With Mother And Father, Not Mom\u2019s Lesbian Ex\">fertility facilities<\/a> that handle and store embryos from liability. <\/p>\n<p>A coalition of Republican and Democrat legislators in Louisiana \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/03\/03\/louisiana-ivf-embryos-law-alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">egged on<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/new-orleans\/2024\/03\/06\/louisiana-ivf-treatment-clinics-embryo-law-alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by corporate media<\/a> and their <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/23\/fearmongering-about-alabama-supreme-court-embryo-ruling-obscures-truth-about-reproductive-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fearmongering<\/a> about the Alabama Supreme Court\u2019s embryo ruling \u2014 advanced two bills this week that seek to overhaul the <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/Law.aspx?d=108446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pelican State\u2019s 1986<\/a> law governing embryos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1403765474\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-09b3e45daa43e33757125933b87a18d3 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-09b3e45daa43e33757125933b87a18d3\"><\/div>\n<p>The state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/Law.aspx?p=y&#038;d=108438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">current statute<\/a> appears to offer embryos protections that other states don\u2019t by classifying them as \u201chuman cells and human genetic material\u201d that \u201cwill develop in utero into an unborn child.\u201d The 1986 law Hyde-Smith praised as \u201ccommon sense,\u201d however, already fell short of the moral and ethical duties posited by the <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/Law.aspx?d=964985#:~:text=The%20legislature%20does%20solemnly%20declare,state%20and%20Constitution%20of%20Louisiana.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statewide recognition that life begins at conception<\/a> because it did virtually nothing to stop the serial creation and destruction of embryos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/new-orleans\/2024\/03\/06\/louisiana-ivf-treatment-clinics-embryo-law-alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Loopholes<\/a> in the 1986 law allow fertility facilities to destroy an embryo as long as it <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/Law.aspx?d=108446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cfails to develop further over a thirty-six hour period,\u201d<\/a> is deemed nonviable, or is stored out of state, something a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/03\/03\/louisiana-ivf-embryos-law-alabama\/#:~:text=The%20majority%20of%20Louisiana's%20fertility,of%20embryos%20created%20during%20IVF.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> majority of Louisiana\u2019s IVF industry<\/a> opts to do. <\/p>\n<p>The statute also does nothing to prevent ethically questionable procedures associated with IVF such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/08\/popular-genetic-testing-pits-unborn-siblings-against-each-other-and-the-highest-scorer-gets-to-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">genetic testing,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hfea.gov.uk\/treatments\/fertility-preservation\/embryo-freezing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cryopreservation (which hurts an embryo\u2019s survival chances),<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/22\/the-global-fertility-industry-seeks-to-erase-women-from-procreation-one-manufactured-egg-at-a-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rapidly developing reproductive technologies<\/a>,\u00a0such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/15\/with-artificial-wombs-sci-fi-horrors-would-become-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">artificial wombs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/10\/how-one-scientist-lost-big-trying-to-genetically-enhance-unborn-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gene editing<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/22\/the-global-fertility-industry-seeks-to-erase-women-from-procreation-one-manufactured-egg-at-a-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manufacturing eggs with male stem cells<\/a>, which threaten to hit the ART markets soon.<\/p>\n<p>Now the state\u2019s lower chamber is considering new legislation that would grant certain immunities to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-fertility-harms-babies-and-women-so-why-are-we-celebrating-it\/\" title=\"Big Fertility Harms Babies And Women So Why Are We Celebrating It?\">fertility industry<\/a>, whose standard practice involves serially creating and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geneticsandsociety.org\/article\/17-million-human-embryos-created-ivf-thrown-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discarding<\/a> unlimited embryos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-57fd487a472d5bfb9c3cb69c35ca8be1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-57fd487a472d5bfb9c3cb69c35ca8be1\"><\/div>\n<p>Both pieces of legislation \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Bill 833<\/a>, which was written by Republican Rep. Paula Davis and 15 other GOP and Democrat coauthors, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/Legis\/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Bill 742<\/a>, which was written by Democrat Rep. Denise Marcelle \u2014 declare that any fertility professional dealing with embryos in \u201cgood faith\u201d can\u2019t be criminally or civilly sued. <\/p>\n<p>HB 833, which the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/acHOe#selection-4587.4-4587.43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent to the full House on Monday<\/a>, does not protect Big Fertility in the state in cases of \u201cgross negligence,\u201d but it intentionally redefines the word \u201cembryo\u201d to remove any reference to \u201cunborn child.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>One lawyer who helped write the legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/gambit\/news\/the_latest\/louisiana-house-committee-passes-two-bills-aimed-at-protecting-ivf-access\/article_95266bee-00f3-11ef-966d-5f71075fb7ed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told local news outlet Gambit<\/a> that legislators  wanted to \u201cremove the idea that every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/famed-abortion-doctor-the-unborn-are-zombies\/\" title=\"Famed Abortion Doctor: \u2018The Unborn Are Zombies\u2019\">human embryo<\/a> will develop in utero into an unborn child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Louisiana Illuminator <a href=\"https:\/\/lailluminator.com\/2024\/04\/22\/legislation-to-protect-ivf-services-in-louisiana-moves-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> in its coverage of the bill, HB 833 also designates some embryos as \u201cnon-viable,\u201d a grading process that results in the abandonment, discard, and destruction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5237322\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">likely viable<\/a> life. \u201cNon-viable\u201d embryos \u201caren\u2019t afforded the same protections regarding destruction as those that could lead to a pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-367cd5c0ce2b467096857c57f8b021e8 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-367cd5c0ce2b467096857c57f8b021e8\"><\/div>\n<p>Both the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Louisiana Family Forum \u2014 which <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lafamilyforum\/status\/1783254651166494872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledged the bill<\/a> still allows the \u201cillegal habit of shipping out of Louisiana and destroying human embryos\u201d \u2014 oppose the legislation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ed5eb2920c0f9bc5929f8ed64b97c993 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ed5eb2920c0f9bc5929f8ed64b97c993\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late February, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., halted a vote on Democrats&#8217; assisted reproductive technology bill, praising Louisiana for its &#8220;common-sense&#8221; IVF regulations. The 1986 law protected unborn life, but changes are being considered in the state House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2230179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-25-at-11.34.55-AM-e1714062956471.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2230178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-25-at-11.34.55-AM-e1714062956471.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2230179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}