MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans will choose who they want to replace the retiring chief justice of the state Supreme Court, which last month drew national attention for its decision to recognize frozen embryos as children. The ruling raised has concerns about civil liabilities for fertility clinics, and three major providers announced a pause […]
Elishea Jones has lived in Alabama her entire life, but since the state’s highest court ruled that embryos are legally children last week and three major fertility clinics halted in vitro fertilization procedures because of the potential legal liability, Jones is questioning everything. “It’s not a political issue. They claim that we’re about saving the […]
Alabama lawmakers moved to protect in vitro fertilization treatments in the state, days after a state judicial ruling on embryos led to clinics that offered the reproductive technique to suspend services. Alabama’s house and senate both passed a measure Thursday intended to provide legal protections to IVF clinics, a temporary fix to problems created by […]
WASHINGTON — Is a frozen embryo a child? And is destroying it murder? On Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wouldn’t say. “Look, I believe in the sanctity of every human life ― I always have ― and because of that I support IVF and its availability,” he told reporters in his weekly press conference […]
California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday said that the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision that embryos are people is part of “a war on women.” “It’s not just a war on travel. It’s not just a war on reproductive health care. It’s also a war on women more broadly defined,” he told NBC News’ “Meet […]
Several fertility clinics in Alabama have paused in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments following a ruling by the state’s Supreme Court that says frozen embryos are considered “children” under state law. And now Alabama lawmakers are working on proposed legislation that would protect IVF in the state. The decision, which was issued last week in response […]
A second IVF provider in Alabama is pausing parts of its care to patients after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children. Alabama Fertility Services (AFS) said it has made “the impossibly difficult decision… due to the legal risk to our clinic and our embryologists”. The decision comes a day […]