In the final meeting for the House Population Health Subcommittee on Tuesday afternoon, bills that would protect contraceptive access and in vitro fertilization were mowed down by the Republican majority.
Rep. Harold Love (D-Nashville) brought a bill (HB2227/SB1918) that would clarify that abortion does not include the use of contraception or the disposal of embryos leftover from IVF treatment. The bill failed.
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