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Committee rejects bill to declare contraceptives and IVF are not abortions
Summary
A short bill intended to place in statute that contraception and IVF treatments "are not abortion" failed in committee, 2 ayes, 7 nos, 1 present not voting.
Late in the March 18, 2025 meeting the Population Health Subcommittee considered a short measure described by its sponsor as a statutory clarification that "use of contraceptives and IVF treatments are not abortion." The sponsor said the bill would "verify and put in code that use of contraceptives and IVF treatments are not abortion. And that is simply what this legislation does."
Committee members recorded no substantive amendments or outside testimony on this specific measure in the transcript. On final roll call the committee recorded 2 ayes, 7 noes and 1 present, not voting, and the bill failed in the Population Health Subcommittee.
Because the transcript did not identify the sponsor by name in the hearing record for this item, the article attributes the description to the unaffiliated sponsor statement recorded on the floor. The committee clerk announced the vote and the bill did not advance.
