Elizabeth Carr, America's first IVF baby, hopes to educate as State of the Union guest

Record ID: 1770823

  • Title: Elizabeth Carr, America's first IVF baby, hopes to educate as State of the Union guest
  • Date: 6th March 2024
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - SEPTEMBER 13, 2019) (REUTERS) BIOLOGIST TAKING SAMPLE PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - SEPTEMBER 19, 2019) (REUTERS) SCREEN SHOWING SPERM BEING INJECTED INTO OOCYTE
  • Embargoed: 20th March 2024 21:07
  • Keywords: Elizabeth Carr IVF President Joe Biden State of the Union Tim Kaine
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA007603006032024RP1
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  • Story Text: Elizabeth Carr, who 42 years ago became the first baby born in the United States through in-vitro fertilization, hopes that her presence at President Joe Biden's State of the Union address this week will encourage lawmakers to learn more about the procedure.
    “I think it's important to attend because for my entire life, I've really kind of represented what everybody going through IVF hopes for, which is a child at the end,” Carr told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday (March 6).
    Alabama's state Supreme Court kicked off a furor last month when it ruled that frozen embryos should be considered children, prompting at least three providers to halt the procedure and sending Republican candidates scrambling to distance themselves from the decision by a panel of elected Republican judges.
    Carr will attend Thursday's speech -- an annual spectacle where both parties use guests to bring attention to certain issues -- as a guest of Virginia U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, who co-sponsored a U.S. Senate bill meant to protect IVF access.
    (Production: Alexandra Sarabia)
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