9: How Trump Will Kill IVF with Dr Eve Feinberg

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Kimberly Atkins-Stor and Dr. Eve Feinberg discuss the critical role of IVF and assisted reproductive technologies in family planning, especially in light of recent legal challenges following the Dobbs decision. They explore the implications of personhood laws on reproductive rights, the intersection of religion and medicine, and the need for legal protections for IVF practices. Dr. Feinberg shares her personal and professional experiences, emphasizing the importance of respecting individual beliefs while advocating for scientific accuracy in the legal framework surrounding reproductive health.

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0:00.0	So I saw a stat recently that I found really, really surprising.
0:06.0	About 2% of the population in the United States was born with the help of some sort of assisted reproductive technology.
0:17.0	Think about that. That's how important IVF is. It's important to the very people who you know. It's important to so many families who want to choose life and grow their families. Yet we have seen the headlines.
0:33.6	IVF is under threat right now. The ability of people to control their own families,
0:41.3	to grow their families has never been in as much peril as it has since the Dobbs decision.
0:49.3	I'm Kimberly Atkins store and and this is Justice by Design.
0:54.9	This is where we talk to the people who are on the ground,
0:58.5	rolling up their sleeves and finding solutions to the biggest issues that we face as a society.
1:05.1	And the battle over reproductive freedom is certainly one of those issues that affect all of us, really. And that's why I am so
1:14.3	pleased to be joined by IVF and reproduction specialist, Dr. Eve Feinberg. Eve, thank you so much for
1:22.0	joining me today. Thank you so much for having me on this podcast and truly for covering what I think is probably one of the biggest elections that our country faces.
1:33.3	And this to me is one of the biggest issues at hand in this upcoming election.
1:38.1	I could not agree with you more.
1:39.6	So before we get started in our conversation, first introduce yourself to the listeners and let them know
1:45.4	what you do in the space. Yeah, thanks. My name is Eve Feinberg. I'm a reproductive endocrinologist
1:52.0	and infertility specialist. I'm a full professor of obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive
1:57.8	endocrinology and infertility at Northwestern University in Chicago.
2:02.6	I also serve as the REI Fellowship Program Director, and I sit on the Executive Board of the
2:10.7	American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and I also sit on the National Medical Committee of
2:15.9	Planned Parenthood. So really wearing both those hats
2:19.0	at both spectrums of reproductive choice. Yeah, that sounded like about 17 hats to me, but I really
2:26.1	appreciate all of that work. So I want to start this conversation to say it's not just all of
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