. THE PUSH TO PROTECT VICTIMS OF FERTILITY FRAUD MAKES ITS WAY TO CAPITOL HILL. AND ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KYRA PHILLIPS HAS AN UPDATE. >> NOW TO AN UPDATE ON OUR 2024 INVESTIGATION WE FIRST BROUGHT TO YOU THREE YEARS AGO WHEN EVE ,SHE WAS GROWING UP IN NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS. SHE KNEW SHE WAS A MIRACLE BABY BECAUSE AT THE AGE OF 16 , HER MOTHER FINALLY TOLD HER THAT WHEN SHE WASN'T ABLE TO GET PREGNANT, NATURALLY, SHE SOUGHT OUT THE HELP OF THEIR TOWN'S WELL KNOWN AND WELL RESPECTED FERTILITY DOCTOR , KYM MCMORRIS. AND AFTER A NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS ,EVE'S MOM FINALLY WAS ABLE TO CONCEIVE THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION WITH DONOR . NOW, ALTHOUGH EVE LOVED HER PARENTS VERY MUCH, SHE WAS CURIOUS. AND WHEN SHE TURNED 18 , SHE DECIDED SHE WANTED TO MEET HER BIOLOGICAL FATHER, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DONOR ONE SIX. SO THIS TENACIOUS TEEN DID HER HOMEWORK AND TRACK DOWN DONOR 106 AND IT COULDN'T HAVE GONE ANY BETTER. >> STEVE SCHALE WAS THRILLED TO MEET EVE. MATTER OF FACT, THEIR BOND WAS INSTANT. AND STEVE EVEN OFFICIATED EVE'S WEDDING. BUT LIKE EVERY FAIRY TALE STORY, THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A TWIST. AND FOR EVE, IT WAS A DNA TEST AND A CLICK FROM A BIOLOGICAL FIRST COUSIN ONLINE. >> SHE WAS LIKE, I HAVE FAMILY IN TEXAS. TO MAKE MORRISES AND MORAY'S. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY . MY MOM'S GYNECOLOGIST WAS A MAURY'S JUST KIND OF LAUGHED LIKE A SMALL WORLD AND HA HA. >> AND THEN EVE MATCHES WITH ANOTHER BIOLOGICAL FIRST COUSIN ON TWENTY THREE AND ME AND STARTS ASKING HIM ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND HE SAID, I HAVE ONE UNCLE. >> HE LIVES IN NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, AND HIS NAME IS KEMET MORRIS. AND I ASKED HIM AGAIN WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. AND I SAID, OH, THAT IS MY MOM'S FERTILITY DOCTOR . >> I THINK AT THAT POINT IT WAS ,I WAS, I WAS JUST IN SHOCK. >> I WAS IN SHOCK. AND SINCE THAT SHOCKING MOMENT, EVE HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO ADVOCATING FOR LAWS TO PROTECT VICTIMS OF FERTILITY FRAUD. AND THAT'S WHY SHE CAME TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL TO JOIN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AS THE PROTECTING FAMILIES FROM FERTILITY FRAUD. BILL WAS INTRODUCED, EVE, ALONG WITH CONGRESSWOMAN MICKEY SHERRILL, WHO HELPED TO INTRODUCE THIS BILL . JOIN ME NOW. SO, FIRST OF ALL, EVE, IT IS SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YOU HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY SINCE WE FIRST BROKE YOUR STORY ON TWENTY TWENTY MEETING OTHER VICTIMS LIKE YOURSELF, PASSING LEGISLATION STATE BY STATE. TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROGRESS. YES, WELL, IT STARTED WITH YOU. I FEEL LIKE I KNOW THREE YEARS AGO I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THIS ORGANIZED EFFORT OR EVEN I DID WHAT I WANTED TO DO. BUT IT STARTED IN TEXAS. AND THEN WHEN I CAME FORWARD, WHEN THAT 2020 EPISODE AIRED, I JUST GOT THIS OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT IN THESE ME TWO STORIES. AND FOR THAT, WE WERE JUST WORKING STATE BY STATE. AND IN 2019 THERE WAS ONE STATE FERTILITY FOR LEGISLATION. AND AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO, WE NOW HAVE 11 . AND THEN THIS WEEK IS EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL FERTILITY FROM GLAAD ON A FEDERAL LEVEL. >> NO, IT'S INCREDIBLE. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN. CONGRESSMAN OR CONGRESSWOMAN. CHERYL, YOU INTRODUCED THIS FEDERAL BILL ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS. TELL US WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO AND WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO JOIN THIS CAUSE. WELL, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT BILL BECAUSE ANYONE WHO HEARS EACH STORY RECOGNIZES THAT A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. BUT THERE REALLY WASN'T A CAUSE OF ACTION. THERE REALLY ISN'T A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR SO MANY PEOPLE AS THEY FIND OUT THEY HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OFTEN. YOU DON'T FIND THAT OUT UNTIL YOU DO. TWENTY THREE IN ME OR A GENETIC TEST ANCESTRY.COM. SUDDENLY YOU COME TO THIS CONCLUSION AND THERE'S NOT ALWAYS RECOURSE. AND IT WAS DONE INCREDIBLE. WORK. AND NOW WE HEAR THAT ELEVEN STATES HAVE SOME RECOURSE, BUT THAT IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. SO WE REALLY DO NEED FEDERAL LEGISLATION. SO WHEN MY FRIEND REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE BEISTE CAME TO ME AND SAID, THIS IS REALLY CONCERNING TO ME, WE'VE GOT TO PROTECT THESE FAMILIES, I WAS IMMEDIATELY ON BOARD. SO WE'VE INTRODUCED THIS LEGISLATION. IT WILL MAKE THIS A CRIME, A ABUSE CRIME, WHICH IT IS , AND WILL ADD A PREDICATE TO OUR RICO STATUTE SO IT CAN BE PROSEQUI AND THEN ADD CIVIL PENALTIES AS WELL. SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION, A BIPARTISAN PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT FAMILIES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. PRETTY INCREDIBLE. AND EVE, WHAT IS IT BEEN LIKE TO MEET ALL THESE OTHER VICTIMS OF FERTILITY FRAUD? YOU KNOW HOW THEIR STORIES TOUCHED YOU, JUST KNOWING YOU'RE NOT ALONE, RIGHT? >> WELL, THAT'S WHAT MADE THIS WEEK EVEN MORE EMOTIONAL BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AS EACH NEW STATE, EACH NEW VICTIM HAS COME FORWARD. WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING THE STORIES AND USING THOSE STORIES FOR A GREATER GOOD. BUT WITH COVID AND HAVING TO , WE'VE NEVER MET EACH OTHER BEFORE. AND SO THIS WEEK WE WERE ALL MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO IT WAS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE MY CHOSEN FAMILY. THEY ARE THE SILVER LINING IN ALL OF THIS. THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH, MY MOTHER GOING THROUGH WHAT STEVE HAS GONE THROUGH. SO IT'S BEEN REALLY SPECIAL TO TO BRING ALL OF THIS FULL CIRCLE. AND IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL WEEK FOR EVERYONE. >> I CAN JUST IMAGINE. >> AND I'VE I HAVE TO ASK YOU, HOW IS STEVE IS DOING GOOD. >> THAT'S GREAT. AND , YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THIS WAS HARD FOR US . AND , YOU KNOW, STEVE , HE'S JUST HE'S SO AWESOME, BUT HE'S DOING GOOD THINGS FOR US . >> YES. >> AND SO KNOW HE'S THE BEST. WELL, AND YOU COULD ASK FOR A BETTER DONOR SLASH SPECIAL FATHER TO HAVE IN YOUR LIFE. I MEAN, YOU REALLY BROUGHT HIM IN. >> HE BROUGHT YOU IN. AND IT REALLY WAS THE SWEETEST PART OF THE STORY. >> I MEAN, YOU ARE SO BLESSED WITH FAMILY, EVE. I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO GLAD YOU COULD JOIN ME. AND CONGRESSWOMAN CHERYL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT MEANS A LOT NOT ONLY TO WOMEN WHO GO THROUGH FERTILITY, BUT JUST TO MAKE