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 IVF procedure in the wake of the Alabama verdict, considering the fact that embryos are frequently abandoned if they have genetic defects or when couples decide to not use them. In his dissenting opinion, Justice Greg Cook stated that "no court, anywhere in the country, has reached the conclusion the main opinion reaches" and that the ruling “almost certainly ends the creation of frozen embryos through in vitro fertilization in Alabama.” Proponents of IVF and abortion rights groups have been warning about the prospect since before the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and as Republican-led states imposed additional abortion restrictions in its wake. White House reacts to the Alabama court's ruling While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the decision would cause “exactly the type of chaos that we expected when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and paved the way for politicians to dictate some of the most personal decisions families can make.” She restated the Biden administration's demand that Congress enact legislation incorporating Roe v. Wade's safeguards into federal law.

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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 clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — At least one clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments after the governor signed a bill into law shielding providers from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Video from CBS News showed staff celebrating with a toast, and Dr. Mamie McLean said seeing patients again was “incredibly …

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 …

Following Alabama, embryo personhood bill in Iowa could put IVF at risk, too
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Following Alabama, embryo personhood bill in Iowa could put IVF at risk, too

Salon  

Following the chaos that unfolded when Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are legally children, many are watching a bill in Iowa closely as its passage could impact in vitro fertilization clinics in the state, too. On Thursday, Iowa House Republicans approved a bill that would criminalize the death of an “unborn person.” Currently the state Iaw has penalties for …

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

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

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. The Alabama Supreme Court last month ruled that three couples whose frozen embryos were destroyed in an accident at a …

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 …

IVF gave hope to patients trying to build their families. The turmoil in Alabama put that in doubt
9 months, 2 weeks ago

IVF gave hope to patients trying to build their families. The turmoil in Alabama put that in doubt

Associated Press  

Thirty-seven-year-old Corinn O’Brien is about two months pregnant through in vitro fertilization, but an ultrasound recently showed the fetus might be in trouble, and she wants the option to try again if she needs to. O’Brien and Greenwood are among the many whose dreams are in limbo after three of Alabama’s largest clinics paused IVF services in the wake of …

"It does not protect parents": Experts say bills to protect IVF in Alabama isn’t enough
9 months, 2 weeks ago

"It does not protect parents": Experts say bills to protect IVF in Alabama isn’t enough

Salon  

Two weeks after facing a backlash when Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are legally children, Alabama lawmakers scrambled to put together a new legislation to help protect in vitro fertilization clinics from civil lawsuits and criminal prosecution. But last week, Alabama legislators in both chambers passed bills that would give civil and criminal immunity related to IVF providers or …

Opinion: How Alabama's IVF ruling unmasks the hypocrisy of antiabortion zealots
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: How Alabama's IVF ruling unmasks the hypocrisy of antiabortion zealots

LA Times  

We don’t know whether former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, had any leftover embryos after they availed themselves of the advanced reproductive technology known as in vitro fertilization to become the parents of their three children, who are now adults. “It’s been incredible to watch Republicans now scramble to suddenly support IVF while many of these same …

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 …

Commentary: My wife and I navigated IVF just fine without the Alabama Supreme Court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Commentary: My wife and I navigated IVF just fine without the Alabama Supreme Court

LA Times  

I never thought of myself as a mass killer, but the Alabama Supreme Court has a different idea. Last month, the court ruled frozen embryos are legally children, allowing several in-vitro fertilization patients to sue a fertility clinic for wrongful death over the inadvertent destruction of their refrigerated, um, kids. People undergoing in-vitro fertilization, or IVF, try to produce as …

'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 …

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 …

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, 3 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 …

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 …

Is a frozen embryo a child? The Alabama court ruling that's rocked America's IVF clinics and reproductive sector
9 months, 4 weeks 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 …

"Devastasting": Ripple effects being felt as Alabama halts in vitro fertilization
10 months ago

"Devastasting": Ripple effects being felt as Alabama halts in vitro fertilization

Salon  

When Brittany Stuart and her husband weren’t having success trying to conceive, they started to explore their options. Instead, she’s fraught with questions since the Alabama Supreme Court said that frozen embryos are “extrauterine children.” “Are they saying that I murdered a child?” Stuart in phone call with Salon, referring to how the second embryo transfer was unsuccessful. In an …

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 …

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 …

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 …

IVF is dominating headlines in Alabama and across the country. Here’s what you should know about it
10 months ago

IVF is dominating headlines in Alabama and across the country. Here’s what you should know about it

Associated Press  

Alabama lawmakers and Gov. Three of the state’s major IVF providers had paused services after last month’s decision, which recognized embryos as “extrauterine children,” was issued in wrongful death cases brought by couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident. Wednesday’s new law protects providers from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the “damage or death of an embryo” during …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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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Warnings of the impact of fertility treatments in Alabama rush in after frozen embryo ruling
10 months ago

Warnings of the impact of fertility treatments in Alabama rush in after frozen embryo ruling

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state. Mitchell said the court had previously ruled that fetuses killed while a woman is pregnant are covered under Alabama’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act and nothing …

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

NPR  

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law Enlarge this image toggle caption Kim Chandler/AP Kim Chandler/AP MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state. Justices, citing anti-abortion language in the Alabama …

An Alabama Supreme Court ruling may have wider implications for people seeking IVF
10 months ago

An Alabama Supreme Court ruling may have wider implications for people seeking IVF

NPR  

An Alabama Supreme Court ruling may have wider implications for people seeking IVF NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mary Ziegler, UC Davis law professor, about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that says frozen embryos are people and individuals can be held liable for destroying them. They had a variety of theories in the suit, one of which was that the …

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