Is a frozen embryo a child? The Alabama court ruling that's rocked America's IVF clinics and reproductive sector
10 months ago

Is a frozen embryo a child? The Alabama court ruling that's rocked America's IVF clinics and reproductive sector

ABC  

When a hospital patient wandered into one of Alabama's fertility clinics in 2020, they caused a chain of events that has left the state's IVF sector, and those using it, reeling. Why embryos are now considered 'unborn children' in Alabama The majority opinion of the Alabama Supreme Court argues "unborn children" have long been considered to be covered by the state's Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. In his concurring opinion, which included excerpts from the Bible, Chief Justice Tom Parker pointed to Alabama's constitution, which declares a state policy to "recognise and support the sanctity of unborn life": "Human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God, who views the destruction of His image as an affront to Himself. In the court's only dissenting opinion, Justice Greg Cook warned the ruling would "almost certainly" end the creation of frozen embryos in Alabama, and he urged state legislators to consider the matter. Republican state senator Tim Melson has responded with a bill stating that while an in vitro embryo is considered "potential life", it's not an "unborn life" unless it's implanted into a uterus.

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Donald Trump calls himself the 'father of IVF' in attempt to court female voters in Georgia
2 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump calls himself the 'father of IVF' in attempt to court female voters in Georgia

ABC  

Donald Trump has sought to court female voters in a crucial voting bloc by saying he is the "father of IVF" and flagging potential changes to abortion bans. The Republican nominee was speaking at an all-female Fox Town Hall in Cumming, Georgia, when he was asked by a voter whether abortion bans would affect access to in-vitro fertilisation and other …

Two couples drop wrongful death suit against Alabama IVF clinic and hospital
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Two couples drop wrongful death suit against Alabama IVF clinic and hospital

Associated Press  

MOBILE, Ala. — Two couples who sued a hospital and in-vitro fertilization clinic over the accidental destruction of their frozen embryos have dropped their lawsuit, months after Alabama’s supreme court ruled they could pursue wrongful death claims because embryos could be considered children. Mobile County Circuit Court Judge Jill Parish Phillips granted the dismissal with prejudice on Wednesday, barring the …

Couples ask judge to find Alabama law that provides legal immunity to IVF providers unconstitutional
6 months, 1 week ago

Couples ask judge to find Alabama law that provides legal immunity to IVF providers unconstitutional

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Couples whose lawsuits against fertility providers led an Alabama court to rule that frozen embryos could be considered children have asked a judge to toss out a new state law that provides legal immunity to in vitro fertilization providers. The Alabama Supreme Court in February ruled the the couples could pursue lawsuits for the death of their …

Alarmed by embryo destruction, Southern Baptists urge caution on IVF by couples and government
6 months, 1 week ago

Alarmed by embryo destruction, Southern Baptists urge caution on IVF by couples and government

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often results in “destruction of embryonic human life.” They urged members to carefully weigh the ethical implications of the technology while also expressing sympathy with couples “who experience the searing pain …

Alabama court ruling upends IVF patients' lives
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama court ruling upends IVF patients' lives

Raw Story  

After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children, women who were undergoing fertility treatments in the southern US state had their lives thrown into shock and uncertainty. - Families 'stuck' in legal limbo - Meghan Cole, an Alabama attorney, has a blood disorder that causes her "not to be able to carry children," she told NBC's Today …

Alabama governor signs legislation protecting IVF clinics from legal liability into law
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama governor signs legislation protecting IVF clinics from legal liability into law

ABC  

In short: The US state of Alabama has legislated protections for IVF providers. The governor of Alabama has signed legislation into law shielding in-vitro fertilisation providers from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Last month a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court left unclear how to legally store, transport and use embryos, …

Alabama lawmakers advance legislation to protect IVF providers after frozen embryo ruling
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama lawmakers advance legislation to protect IVF providers after frozen embryo ruling

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Committees in the state Senate …

What to know about Alabama’s fast-tracked legislation to protect in vitro fertilization clinics
9 months, 2 weeks ago

What to know about Alabama’s fast-tracked legislation to protect in vitro fertilization clinics

Associated Press  

Alabama lawmakers moved quickly to approve legislation on Wednesday that protects in vitro fertilization clinics from lawsuits in response to an uproar sparked by last month’s state Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos have the rights of children under the state’s wrongful death law. In a February ruling to allow wrongful death lawsuits filed by couples whose frozen embryos …

Medical groups urge Alabama Supreme Court to revisit frozen embryo ruling
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Medical groups urge Alabama Supreme Court to revisit frozen embryo ruling

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Groups representing Alabama doctors and hospitals urged the state Supreme Court on Friday to revisit a decision equating frozen embryos to children, saying the ruling is blocking fertility treatments and harming the medical community. The Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Alabama Hospital Association filed a brief supporting a rehearing request in the case …

'Bad joke': Alabama Republicans under fire from all sides over new embryo bill
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Bad joke': Alabama Republicans under fire from all sides over new embryo bill

Raw Story  

Alabama Republicans were sent scrambling after the state's Supreme Court triggered outrage nationwide by effectively banning in vitro fertilization, but critics say the legislative fix they've provided only makes the situation worse. This would make IVF functionally impossible to administer by putting doctors under potential criminal liability for every embryo that is thrown away without being implanted — which is …

GOP has 'good reason to be terrified' of Alabama embryo ruling: CNN polling expert
9 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP has 'good reason to be terrified' of Alabama embryo ruling: CNN polling expert

Raw Story  

CNN polling expert Harry Enten said on Thursday that there's a good reason for Republicans to run away from the Alabama State Supreme Court's ruling that frozen embryos are fully developed children. Breaking down a new poll on the subject of reproductive rights, Enten explained that the court's declaration that clinics that dispose of frozen embryos could potentially face wrongful …

She sold her home and changed jobs so she could start IVF. After the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, that hope is now on hold
9 months, 3 weeks ago

She sold her home and changed jobs so she could start IVF. After the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, that hope is now on hold

CNN  

Montgomery, Alabama CNN — Gabbie Price says she’s designed her whole life around in vitro fertilization treatment. But in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said embryos are children – and those who destroy them could be held liable for wrongful death – the future of IVF treatment in Alabama is hazy. But Alabama is the first …

Patients urge Alabama lawmakers to restore IVF services in the state
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Patients urge Alabama lawmakers to restore IVF services in the state

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — LeeLee Ray went through eight miscarriages, one ectopic pregnancy and multiple surgeries before turning to surrogacy in her hopes of having a child. But now that plan is in doubt as Alabama fertility clinics paused IVF services in the wake of a state court ruling that embryos are considered children under the state’s wrongful death law. Alabama …

The IVF Ruling Is About Who Gets to Raise Your Children
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The IVF Ruling Is About Who Gets to Raise Your Children

Slate  

In its decision earlier this month interpreting Alabama’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act as conferring personhood upon embryos, that state’s high court realized part of the dream of Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion overturning Roe v. * What Alito had called “unborn human beings” would inevitably be swept into Alabama’s protections for “extrauterine children.” That should surprise none of …

A US Court Ruled That Frozen Embryos Are People, What Does It Mean for the Future of IVF?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A US Court Ruled That Frozen Embryos Are People, What Does It Mean for the Future of IVF?

News 18  

A court in the US has ruled that the frozen embryos used for in vitro fertilisation could be considered children, and destroying them would amount to lawsuits filed by parents for the death of the minors. The lawsuits accused Mobile, Alabama fertility clinic, Center for Reproductive Medicine, and the hospital where it is located, Mobile Infirmary, of failing to properly …

‘What is this, “The Handmaid’s Tale”?’ Exploring moral questions posed by controversial IVF ruling
9 months, 4 weeks ago

‘What is this, “The Handmaid’s Tale”?’ Exploring moral questions posed by controversial IVF ruling

LA Times  

An embryologist views an embryo, visible on a monitor. In a recent ruling that three couples who lost frozen embryos in a storage facility accident could sue for wrongful death of a minor child, the court wrote that the “natural, ordinary, commonly understood meaning” of the word “child” includes an “unborn child” — whether that’s a fetus in a womb …

Nation’s top health official to visit Alabama in wake of IVF ruling
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Nation’s top health official to visit Alabama in wake of IVF ruling

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is sending the nation’s top health official to Alabama on Tuesday for discussions with patients and doctors about the controversial court ruling that upended in vitro fertilization treatment in the state. President Joe Biden and his allies have been quick to seize on last week’s ruling — which says that frozen embryos can be considered …

Alabama’s IVF ruling is already preventing people from having children: ‘Our lives are upended’
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Alabama’s IVF ruling is already preventing people from having children: ‘Our lives are upended’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The state’s Supreme Court overturned that ruling, declaring …

Alabama ruled frozen embryos are children. Here’s what it could mean for embryos frozen across the state
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Alabama ruled frozen embryos are children. Here’s what it could mean for embryos frozen across the state

CNN  

CNN — When Kristia Rumbley, a mother of four living in the Birmingham area, first heard about the Alabama Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on frozen embryos, her first thought was of her own. “And I don’t know what their definition of neglect or abuse when it comes to an embryo would be – maybe being frozen for seven years is …

Health Talk | Unpacking Alabama SC's decision that counts embryo as unborn child
10 months ago

Health Talk | Unpacking Alabama SC's decision that counts embryo as unborn child

Hindustan Times  

Last week, the Alabama Supreme Court in the United States of America ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling that can have far reaching legal implications for the entire in-vitro fertility treatment ecosystem. The Alabama Supreme Court declared parents may sue over the death of a child, regardless of whether the child is born …

Trump demands ‘immediate solution’ to protect IVF in Alabama
10 months ago

Trump demands ‘immediate solution’ to protect IVF in Alabama

The Independent  

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Alabama’s IVF ruling is spotlighting the anti-abortion movement’s long game
10 months ago

Alabama’s IVF ruling is spotlighting the anti-abortion movement’s long game

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S. Brittany Jones, an attorney and policy director for Kansas Family Voice, which opposes …

Letters to the Editor: Law professor: Alabama embryo ruling leaves no doubt that we’re becoming a theocracy
10 months ago

Letters to the Editor: Law professor: Alabama embryo ruling leaves no doubt that we’re becoming a theocracy

LA Times  

Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on April 15, 2023. This week in class, while discussing the Alabama Supreme Court’s frozen embryo decision, this exchange transpired: I displayed the words of Alabama’s chief justice on the screen. A student born in a foreign country raised his hand and said that Alabama was …

Facing backlash over IVF ruling, Alabama lawmakers look for a fix
10 months ago

Facing backlash over IVF ruling, Alabama lawmakers look for a fix

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Lawmakers began scrambling for ways to protect Alabama in vitro fertilization services after multiple providers paused treatment in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under a state law. Justices ruled last week that three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in a mishap at a storage facility could …

Trump says he supports IVF following Alabama embryo ruling
10 months ago

Trump says he supports IVF following Alabama embryo ruling

Associated Press  

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump said he would “strongly support the availability of IVF” and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the treatment that has become a new flashpoint in the 2024 presidential election. AP AUDIO: Ahead of South Carolina primary, Trump says he strongly supports IVF after Alabama court ruling AP correspondent Ed …

Joe Biden rebukes Alabama Supreme Court's IVF ruling as ‘outrageous’ and ‘disregard' for women
10 months ago

Joe Biden rebukes Alabama Supreme Court's IVF ruling as ‘outrageous’ and ‘disregard' for women

Hindustan Times  

The Alabama state supreme court’s ruling that embryos used for IVF are “children” under the law has drawn a strong rebuke from Joe Biden, who said that this and other attacks on reproductive rights by the right-wing are “a direct consequence of the reversal of Roe v Wade”. Biden issued a statement on Thursday afternoon, denouncing the state court’s ruling …

Facing backlash over frozen embryo ruling, Alabama lawmakers look for a fix
10 months ago

Facing backlash over frozen embryo ruling, Alabama lawmakers look for a fix

LA Times  

The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling this week that embryos can legally be considered children has prompted some in vitro fertilization providers in the state to pause treatments. Justices ruled this week that three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in a mishap at a storage facility could pursue wrongful death claims for their “extrauterine children.” The justices cited sweeping language …

Bible-quoting Alabama chief justice sparks church-state debate in embryo ruling
10 months ago

Bible-quoting Alabama chief justice sparks church-state debate in embryo ruling

LA Times  

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker speaks on the steps of the state judicial building on April 5, 2006, in Montgomery, Ala. Human life, Parker wrote, “cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God, who views the destruction of His image as an affront to Himself.” The Alabama court’s ruling last week stemmed from wrongful death …

What’s next after the Alabama ruling that counts IVF embryos as children?
10 months ago

What’s next after the Alabama ruling that counts IVF embryos as children?

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that couples who were trying in vitro fertilization and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a south Alabama storage facility can sue under the state’s wrongful death law. The Alabama Supreme Court said three Alabama couples who lost frozen embryos during an accident at a storage facility could sue …

More Alabama IVF providers pause treatment after court ruling on frozen embryos
10 months ago

More Alabama IVF providers pause treatment after court ruling on frozen embryos

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Additional in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama paused services Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make other plans in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos could be considered children under state law. Justices last week said three couples, who had frozen embryos destroyed in a mishap at a storage facility, could pursue …

Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF after ruling says frozen embryos are children; how will it impact Americans?
10 months ago

Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF after ruling says frozen embryos are children; how will it impact Americans?

Hindustan Times  

After Alabama's Supreme Court declared frozen embryos as the legal equivalent of children, state's largest hospital, the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system, has temporarily halted IVF services. Alabama SC ruling stems from a case where three couples sued for wrongful death after their frozen embryos were destroyed in a storage facility accident. Alabama Court Ruling on Frozen: The …

Nikki Haley supports Alabama SC's ruling that embryos are children: ‘To me, that’s a life’
10 months ago

Nikki Haley supports Alabama SC's ruling that embryos are children: ‘To me, that’s a life’

Hindustan Times  

Nikki Haley said in an interview on Wednesday, February 21, that he agrees that she agrees with an Alabama Supreme Court ruling saying frozen embryos are considered people in the state. The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday, February 20, that the …

Nikki Haley says frozen embryos are babies, in response to Alabama ruling
10 months ago

Nikki Haley says frozen embryos are babies, in response to Alabama ruling

Al Jazeera  

Republican presidential candidate’s comments seen as endorsement of a controversial ruling by Alabama’s Supreme Court. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she believes frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilisation were babies, in comments seen as an endorsement of a controversial ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court. Haley addressed the issue in TV interviews on Wednesday, days after Alabama’s top …

A second Alabama IVF provider cuts back services after court ruling on frozen embryos
10 months ago

A second Alabama IVF provider cuts back services after court ruling on frozen embryos

LA Times  

A second in vitro fertilization provider in Alabama paused parts of its treatment Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make other plans after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children. Alabama Fertility Services said in a statement that it has “made the impossibly difficult decision to hold new IVF treatments due to the legal risk to …

Column: Alabama’s highest court declared frozen embryos people. The U.S. Supreme Court is to blame
10 months ago

Column: Alabama’s highest court declared frozen embryos people. The U.S. Supreme Court is to blame

LA Times  

The Alabama Supreme Court’s breathtakingly arrogant, slapdash and pernicious opinion conferring personhood on newly formed embryos vividly illustrates the consequences of another reckless decision: the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade. Astonishingly, the sole focus of the court’s analysis was whether Alabama’s wrongful death law encompasses “extrauterine children — that is, unborn children who are located outside of …

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says she wants to protect IVF treatment after court ruling
10 months ago

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says she wants to protect IVF treatment after court ruling

NPR  

Kay Ivey says she wants to protect IVF treatment after court ruling Enlarge this image toggle caption Richard Drew/AP Richard Drew/AP Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey came out Friday in support of planned legislation that would protect IVF statewide, following the State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are "children" and in vitro fertilization treatments. "The recent Alabama Supreme Court decision …

Nikki Haley describes embryos as ‘babies’ and backs controversial Alabama ruling
10 months ago

Nikki Haley describes embryos as ‘babies’ and backs controversial Alabama ruling

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nikki Haley has voiced her support for a controversial Alabama …

Alabama’s largest hospital pauses IVF procedures after court rules embryos are ‘children’
10 months ago

Alabama’s largest hospital pauses IVF procedures after court rules embryos are ‘children’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Alabama’s largest hospital is pausing in vitro fertilization treatment over …

Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children
10 months ago

Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s largest hospital paused in vitro fertilization treatments Wednesday as providers and patients across the state scrambled to assess the impact of a court ruling that said frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children. Justices — citing language in the Alabama Constitution that the state recognizes the “rights of the unborn child” — said three couples …

Alabama’s Assault on IVF Is Even Worse Than It Sounds
10 months ago

Alabama’s Assault on IVF Is Even Worse Than It Sounds

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade immediately diminished the quality of health care provided to pregnant patients in states that ban abortion. Friday’s shock decision from the Alabama Supreme Court declaring that embryos are legally “people” will have a similarly devastating impact on the standard of care afforded to women struggling with infertility. The plaintiffs claimed that …

Alabama court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’; here's how it may affect IVF across US
10 months ago

Alabama court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’; here's how it may affect IVF across US

Hindustan Times  

In its latest ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court said that frozen embryos can now be recognised as children under the state law, a decision doctors and legal experts said could have far-reaching effects for fertility treatment in the state. Experts explain how Alabama court's ruling can impact IVF treatment Several patients and providers are worried about how to manage the …

Critics slam Alabama court ruling that frozen embryos are 'children'
10 months ago

Critics slam Alabama court ruling that frozen embryos are 'children'

Raw Story  

An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos outside the womb are "children" has drawn criticism from the White House and the top US infertility association, which called the decision a "terrifying development." Resolve: The National Infertility Association said the Alabama ruling could have "devastating consequences" for fertility clinics in the southern state that offer in-vitro fertilization. "Alabama's Supreme Court …

Opinion: Should a firefighter save a frozen embryo in a fire?
10 months ago

Opinion: Should a firefighter save a frozen embryo in a fire?

LA Times  

An embryologist at work in a Virginia reproductive medicine clinic. The court ruled that Alabama’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, which was enacted in 1872, long before artificial reproductive technology — let alone frozen embryos — were a gleam in anyone’s eye, applies to “all unborn children, regardless of their location.” The ruling is, in a word, preposterous. He …

Alabama's largest hospital says it is halting IVF treatments in wake of court ruling
10 months ago

Alabama's largest hospital says it is halting IVF treatments in wake of court ruling

NPR  

Alabama's largest hospital says it is halting IVF treatments in wake of court ruling Enlarge this image toggle caption Lynne Sladky/AP Lynne Sladky/AP BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The dominoes are beginning to fall in Alabama where a recent state supreme court ruling grants fertilized eggs the same rights as children. The recent state supreme court ruling leaves thousands of couples who …

Opinion: Alabama embryo ruling could set a precedent for other conservative states
10 months ago

Opinion: Alabama embryo ruling could set a precedent for other conservative states

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mary Ziegler is the Martin Luther King Jr. CNN — The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday will transform infertility care across the state, potentially setting the stage for a ruling that a fetus or even an embryo outside the womb holds constitutional rights. The court’s ruling could set a precedent for other conservative states that embrace the …

How Alabama's ruling that frozen embryos are 'children' could impact IVF
10 months ago

How Alabama's ruling that frozen embryos are 'children' could impact IVF

NPR  

How Alabama's ruling that frozen embryos are 'children' could impact IVF Enlarge this image toggle caption Sang Tan/AP Sang Tan/AP Frozen embryos are people and you can be held legally responsible if you destroy them, according to a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court on Friday. Interview highlights Ailsa Chang: Before we get to the actual ruling, can you just …

Why has the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are ‘children’?
10 months ago

Why has the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are ‘children’?

Al Jazeera  

While the southern US state has not banned IVF, critics fear the ruling will make the treatment inaccessible. The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision that has drawn criticism from the White House and the top US infertility association. “This is the first full-act, for any judicial or legislative …

Sam Alito Is to Blame for the Alabama Supreme Court’s Devastating Anti-IVF Ruling
10 months ago

Sam Alito Is to Blame for the Alabama Supreme Court’s Devastating Anti-IVF Ruling

Slate  

In June 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito promised that other reproductive rights were not in danger. Abortion, he proclaimed, was different: “It destroys … an unborn human being.” A decision issued last Friday by the Alabama Supreme Court is a reminder that the effects of Dobbs are not limited to restricting access to …

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law
10 months ago

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law

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