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By Lauren Mascarenhas, Melissa Alonso, Jamiel Lynch and Isabel Rosales, CNN

Republicans face heat for supporting in vitro fertilization. But back bills defining human life at conception without an exception for IVF.

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Melissa Alonso, CNN

The Alabama Supreme Court found no distinction between IVF embryos and children. But would-be parents - and many voters - see a difference.

Alabama Republicans have proposed a new bill to protect IVF … but only temporarily.

Two-thirds of Americans oppose the Alabama ruling that claims frozen embryos are equivalent to children.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) had introduced a bill last month that would establish a federal right to IVF and other fertility treatments.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) had introduced a bill last month that would establish a federal right to IVF and other fertility treatments.

IVF, or in vitro fertilization, is a process of fertilization where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro.

In a transparent attempt to salvage votes, Alabama Republicans have introduced a bill that would save in vitro fertilization across the state—but only until after the upcoming election.On Tuesday, the Alabama legislature introduced Senate Bill 159, which would grant third-party fertility clinics immunity from IVF lawsuits. The measure follows a devastating ruling issued by the all-conservative Alabama Supreme Court earlier this month that classified single-celled, fertilized eggs as child...