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The University of Alabama Birmingham said it is evaluating the court's decision that said an embryo is legally a child.

Former UN ambassador and Republican presidential candidate expresses support for Alabama supreme court ruling

The University of Alabama Birmingham said in a statement that it has paused in vitro fertilization treatments “as it evaluates the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision that a cryopreserved embryo is a human being.”

The Alabama Supreme Court decision partly hinged on anti-abortion language added to the Alabama Constitution in 2018, stating it is the "policy of this state to ensure the protection of the rights of the unborn child."

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/alabama-hospital-puts-pause-on-ivf-in-wake-of-ruling-saying-frozen-embryos-are-children/">Read More</a>

Other fertility treatment providers in the state were continuing to provide IVF as lawyers explored the impact of the ruling.

A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of

In a surprising decision, the Alabama Supreme Court said last week that under state law frozen embryos can now be considered children and individuals who destroy them can legally be held responsible.

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.

An Alabama university temporarily halted in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments on Wednesday after the high court in the southern US state ruled that frozen embryos outside the womb are children.