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The far-reaching implications of this decision are raising concerns among legal experts, medical professionals, and reproductive rights advocates.

Alabama's largest hospital recently announced it is halting in-vitro fertilization treatments after the state's supreme court ruled that embryos have the same rights as "unborn children," the Associated Press reported.On Wednesday, the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Un...

Opinion writers examine the possible aftermath of the Alabama IVF ruling.

“Unborn children are ‘children’ ... without exception based on developmental stage, physical location, or any other ancillary characteristics,” Associate Justice Jay Mitchell wrote in the ruling.

Alabama Fertilitys clinic in Birmingham has paused transfers of embryos for at least a day or two, said Penny Monella, the chief operating officer at Alabama Fertility Specialists.

Alabama Fertility Specialists announced the pause Thursday in a Facebook post.

The Alabama Supreme Court's decision on frozen embryos interpreted the state law's text, rightly leaving policy decisions to the legislature.

Justices, citing anti-abortion language in the Alabama Constitution, ruled that an 1872 state law allowing parents to sue over the death of a minor child “applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location.”

Frozen embryos created during fertility treatments can be considered children under Alabama state law, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Friday.

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments.