Senator Ted Cruz [R-TX] this week introduced the IVF Protection Act, along with Senator Katie Britt  [R-Ala] of Alabama, where the state Supreme Court earlier this year ruled that frozen embryo’s are children, and thus protected by Alabama’s wrongful death statute. The ruling has left Cruz and other Republicans vulnerable to what Britt calls “fear mongering” by critics who accuse Republicans of planning to impose new nationwide restrictions on IVF services.