The Georgia House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that codifies in vitro fertilization into state law. The bill had broad bipartisan support. It is sponsored by Rep. Lehman Franklin, R-Statesboro,

House lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a measure designed to protect access to in-vitro fertilization after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling last year created uncertainty nationally. The two-page bill puts into state code that “individuals have the right to obtain in vitro fertilization.

In vitro fertilization is one step closer to being protected under Georgia law. A bill to do that passed the Georgia House unanimously on Thursday. Both sides, Republican and Democrat, wanted to pass the bill to protect in vitro fertilization in Georgia law,