HHS’ Becerra to lead team to Alabama to discuss IVF

The Biden administration is sending the nation’s top health official to Alabama on Tuesday for discussions with patients and doctors about the controversial court ruling that upended in vitro fertilization treatment in the state.

The ruling by the Republicancontrolled Alabama Supreme Court has unexpectedly propelled the issue of IVF into the presidential campaign conversation right ahead of Super Tuesday voting on March 5.

The visit by Health and Human

Services Secretary Xavier Becerra comes just days after former President Donald Trump vowed to protect access to the fertility care.