IVF and the Anti-Abortion Movement

Considerations for Advocacy Against Overturning Roe v. Wade

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ID2501444
AuthorsStephanie K Boy (0009-0008-5624-2398, Indiana University, corresponding author), Evan Harris (0000-0002-2748-6704, Indiana University), Evan M Harris
Year2020
Volume19
Issue2
Pages518-533
Publication date2020-04-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdvances in Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125
PublisherIUPUI University Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18060/22629
OpenAlexW3016713122
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

As the anti-abortion movement gains ground in the United States, it is important to explore the potential impact of overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) on the practice of IVF (in vitro fertilization). If the United States Supreme Court abandoned the legal right to early pregnancy terminations, it would open the door for states to enforce laws defining life to begin at conception. In all likelihood, legally establishing life to begin at conception may make IVF far less likely to be successful, significantly more expensive, more likely to result in high risk pregnancies with multiples, and more medically invasive. As the prevalence of IVF grows, this is a practice that should no longer be ignored in the political discourse on abortion. Instead, the unintended consequences of life at conception bills on the cost, availability, safety, and success rates of IVF can provide a strong argument in the toolbox of strategies for social workers lobbying against anti-abortion legislation

Abortion · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Pregnancy · Project commissioning · Publishing · Supreme court · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Law · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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