Georgia bills codifying IVF, expanding access to fertility treatment sail through House

Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, introduces the Riley Gaines Act during a press conference in the Georgia State Capitol Rotunda, Tuesday, February 4, 2025. Burns spoke in support of the House passage of both the Riley Gaines Act and a bill codifying the right to IVF treatment on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

The Georgia State House passed a package of bills to protect medical procedures that help people have children.

The most high-profile bill, which passed unanimously on Thursday, would codify legal access to in vitro fertilization.

House Bill 428 is partially in response to an Alabama Supreme Court ruling last year that led to a temporary interruption of in vitro fertilization services there.