III 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 574 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 6, 2024 Mr. Scott of Florida submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions RESOLUTION Expressing support for starting and growing a family through in vitro fertilization.

Whereas in vitro fertilization (IVF) is a type of assisted reproductive technology developed and used for infertility treatment in adult women; Whereas the first successful birth of a child conceived through the IVF process occurred in 1978, and since that time, millions of children worldwide have been conceived using IVF; Whereas, according to a 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 1,000,000 children have been born in the United States between 1987 and 2015 through the use of assisted reproductive technologies, including IVF; and Whereas, according to the CDC, in the United States— (1) about 1 in 5 women with no prior births are unable to get pregnant after 1 year of trying to conceive a child, leading to a diagnosis of infertility; (2) about 1 in 4 women experiencing infertility have difficulty carrying a pregnancy to term; and (3) in 2021, more than 97,000 children were born using assisted reproductive technologies, including IVF: Now, therefore, be it