House Measure Protecting Embryos Threatens Veteransā€™ Fertility Treatments

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This spring, after a yearslong push in Congress, a measure to provide fertility treatments for veterans with catastrophic reproductive injuries finally secured bipartisan support and seemed headed to becoming law.

Now, that momentum may be threatened, thanks to an amendment tacked onto a separate bill by an abortion opponent in the House.

Shortly before Congress left for its summer recess, a House Appropriations subcommittee quietly passed the amendment, written by Representative Andy Harris, Republican of Maryland, 29 to 21. It would prohibit the discarding or destruction of embryos created through treatments funded by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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