Rep. Matt Rosendale, U.S. Representative for Montana's 2nd District | Official U.S. House headshot
Rep. Matt Rosendale, U.S. Representative for Montana's 2nd District | Official U.S. House headshot
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) testified before the House Rules Committee in support of his amendment, Amendment 63, to the Fiscal Year 2025 Military, Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
Amendment 63 aims to prohibit appropriated government funds from being used for assisted reproductive technology that places a fertilized egg, blastocyst, or embryo in non-human alternative gestation environments such as an artificial womb or other forms of complete ectogenesis. The amendment also seeks to restrict funding for any infertility treatments or technologies that utilize preimplantation genetic testing or any form of genetic diagnosis to select an embryo based on health, sex, physical features, potential IQ, or genetic profile.
“Americans are delaying marriage and having children later, which leads to infertility,” said Rep. Rosendale. “We also have a chronic disease crisis that makes having children more difficult. It would make more sense to get to the root problem of our infertility crisis as opposed to pretending that IVF is a magic bullet without any downsides.”
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