Vote Yes on this bill if you want to make it a crime to lie about donors or medical history in assisted reproduction and to punish providers who use sperm, eggs, or embryos without a patient’s written consent.

Patient safety advocates, infertility support groups, medical ethics organizations, and consumer protection groups may support this bill because it punishes lying in fertility care and requires use of the sperm, eggs, or embryos a patient chose.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid creating new criminal penalties in fertility care, keep disagreements handled through civil court, and prevent possible clinic closures or increased costs for patients.

Some fertility clinics, professional associations worried about liability, and civil liberties groups may oppose this bill because the new felonies could punish mistakes and make clinics reduce services.