Georgia's abortion law is more uncertainty for patients undergoing fertility treatments

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October 24th, 2022

Kimberly and Kristofer Sampson with their 4-year-old son. They recently began IVF treatment to try for another child and currently have embryos in storage. WABE/Jess Mador
Kimberly and Kristofer Sampson with their 4-year-old son. They recently began IVF treatment to try for another child and currently have embryos in storage. (Jess Mador/WABE)

It’s been three months since Georgia’s H.B. 481 law banning most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy took effect. The law continues to fuel speculation about whether further restrictions to the procedure, contraception or fertility treatments may come next.

H.B. 481 classifies embryos as having “personhood” rights. And fertility medicine specialists and their patients fear this language could open the door to new restrictions on in-vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technology.

The subject of in-vitro fertilization came up at a recent gubernatorial debate, when the AJC’s Greg Bluestein asked Republican Gov, Brian Kemp about it.

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