Protect IVF, Surrogacy, and Abortion Access in Texas

Tina spent more than four years trying to grow her family. She endured repeated miscarriages, an ectopic pregnancy, eight surgeries, and rounds of fertility treatment before turning to surrogacy, when her sister-in-law offered to carry a pregnancy for her. Weeks before that baby was due, Tina discovered she was unexpectedly pregnant herself, in a state where abortion has been banned since 2022.

Her longtime doctor couldn't tell her where to find an abortion. A hospital and a Planned Parenthood couldn't confirm whether the pregnancy was safe to carry. Tina ultimately ordered abortion pills online through a telehealth provider and managed the abortion at home, worried the whole time about who she could tell and what might happen if anyone found out.

Now Texas lawmakers are considering going even further. Conservative groups are pushing to restrict surrogacy, the very path Tina used to have her son, and the U.S. attorney general has said he's open to restricting the telehealth abortion services she relied on.

People building families through IVF and surrogacy shouldn't have to fear that a complicated, high-risk pregnancy will leave them with no safe options. Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature should reject any new restrictions on IVF and surrogacy, and protect access to telehealth abortion care for people facing dangerous or medically complex pregnancies.

Families like Tina's are doing everything they can to have children. They shouldn't have to fight their own state to do it safely. Sign the petition to urge Texas lawmakers to protect IVF, surrogacy, and abortion access, before more families are forced into impossible situations.