According to Axios, South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace is working on a legislative effort to protect access to IVF in response to the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling.

Mace seeks to raise concerns about fertility protections following Alabama Supreme Court ruling Last week, Axios announced that the state would consider frozen embryos to be “children.” report. (Related: Medical experts and Republicans face new challenges after red state Supreme Court's fetal ruling)

“We are currently drafting a resolution expressing our feelings and will then consider legislative options,” Mace told Axio.

Several House Republicans, Reps. Nick Larota and Anthony D'Esposito, also spoke out against the restrictions.

“[It] It’s gone too far,” Larota told Axios.

“[It will] It is robbing countless Americans of the joy of family life,” D'Esposito told the magazine.

Others included Congressman Don Bacon and Congressman Michelle Steele.

As someone who has struggled to conceive, I believe that every life is a gift. Thanks to IVF, like many other methods, I was also able to start a family. I believe there is nothing more pro-life than helping families have children, and I do not support federal restrictions on IVF.

— Rep. Michelle Steel (@RepSteel) February 22, 2024

The ruling followed a lawsuit in which three couples sought to sue the hospital for wrongful death, alleging that hospital patients destroyed their frozen embryos.

On Wednesday, the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced it would suspend in vitro fertilization treatments in its Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility while it evaluates the Supreme Court's decision due to concerns about potential legal ramifications.

The ruling prompted similar concerns, and many other Alabama fertility clinics also discontinued IVF treatments.

“We should do everything we can to protect IVF access for women around the world,” Mace told Axio.