Victim Advocates Convene In DC Over It’s-About-Time Federal Fertility Fraud Bill

Over the past decade, it has become frighteningly common for people to find themselves the victims of fertility fraud.

Excerpt - “On January 23, Reps. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.), Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), Julia Letlow (R-La.), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) introduced the Protecting Families From Fertility Fraud Act. The bill works to establish a new federal crime for knowingly misrepresenting the nature or source of DNA used in any procedure that involves assisted reproductive technology. The surprising part, of course, is that misrepresenting the nature or source of DNA (such as a medical provider purposely using sperm, eggs, or embryos from a person other than whom the patient expected) is not already a clearly established crime!”

Ellen Trachman is the Managing Attorney of Trachman Law Center, LLC, and a regular contributor to the ‘AboveTheLaw’ platform.