How the court addressed public policy concerns asserted by amici; Prior Alabama laws that led to the ruling; A look at the history of IVF and the many professional bodies that regulate it; The ruling’s impacts on IVF in Alabama and beyond; Numerous questions for counsel raised ...
Lawmakers said IVF providers have told them that the protections are enough to get them to resume services. Alabama Supreme Court ruling Last month, the Supreme Court found that frozen embryos created during fertility treatments can be considered children under Alabama state law. The decision, issued...
With the recent Alabama Supreme Court "personhood" decision, clinicians and patients say they fear they may be vulnerable to prosecution based on their handling of frozen embryos used in the IVF process. In its ruling, the court stated that "unborn children are 'children' … without exception b...
Story Stream Taming IVF’s Wild WestMay 03, 2024 For the first time since the Bush-era stem cell debates, reproductive technology has taken center stage in American politics. An Alabama Supreme Court decision in February granted parents the right to legal recourse after their embryos were destroy...
The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. This is raising concerns about how the decision could affect in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF. 2 of 3 | FILE -Stephen Parlato of Boulder, Colo., holds a sign that reads “...
Alabama lawmakers rushed to address backlash to a state Supreme Court decision that found frozen embryos can be considered children under state law.
“No court — anywhere in the country — has reached the conclusion the main opinion reaches,” he wrote, adding the ruling “almost certainly ends the creation of frozen embryos through in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Alabama.” The Alabama Supreme Court decision partly hinged on anti-abortion...
And Vice President Kamala Harris blamed Trump for the Alabama decision. "When you look at the fact that the previous president of the United States was clear in his intention to hand pick three Supreme Court justices who would overturn the protections of Roe v. Wade, and he did it and ...
IVF appears to have cross-aisle backing that other reproductive rights issues, like abortion, lack. Republican candidates across the country, including former President Donald Trump, have vocalized their support of the medical procedure in the days following the Alabama decision. ...
An attorney for one of the couples told CNN the case is solely about accountability for the parents whose embryos weren’t kept safe by the clinic, and the state Supreme Court’s ruling offers them a way forward for justice. Though the court’s decision does not prohibit IVF, it’s the...