The wording of some state laws restricting abortion could possibly be read so that they encompass ex vivo—outside the living body—embryos, Stanford Law School professor Hank Greely told Forbes. This could possibly restrict access to IVF or the preimplantation genetic tests used to select embryos based on disability. Greely said it’s “unlikely” a judge would be inclined towards such a reading, though noted embryo selection based on the lack of a disability—notably trisomy 21, or Down syndrome—might be a possible exception. New legislative efforts to protect ex vivo embryos are possible but unlikely to succeed, Greely added. IVF and other ARTs are generally politically accepted and “most anti-abortion people don’t care about ex vivo embryos,” particularly when they are created to help people have children, Greely explained. “They like people having babies.”