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Birth Control, IVF Protection Needed in Face of Attacks, North Dakota Bill Sponsor Says

By Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor Jan 30, 2025 | 6:17 AM

 

Abby Berger of Bismarck stands , before a legislative committee hearing. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

 

(Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) – State Rep. Karla Rose Hanson said that bills protecting birth control and fertilization treatments are necessary because of efforts to erode reproductive health care rights.

Hanson, D-Fargo, testified before the House Human Services Committee on two bills she is sponsoring — House Bill 1478 on contraception and House Bill 1477 protecting fertility treatments.

She said she’s bringing the bills because of past attempts to limit reproductive rights and current efforts. For example, lawmakers this session will consider House Bill 1373, known as a personhood bill, which would define a human being to include an unborn child, and an unborn child as existing from the moment of fertilization.

Hanson said the bill would essentially make some forms of contraception a crime and threaten in vitro fertilization or IVF.

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