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

The University of Alabama at Birmingham stopped in vitro fertilization procedures after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos have the same legal status as children.

A trial court initially ruled embryos weren't legally considered "children." The Alabama Supreme Court overturned this decision, permitting three couples, whose frozen embryos were destroyed after being dropped by a wandering patient at a Mobile hospital, to pursue wrongful death claims.

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos created during fertility treatments should be considered children under state law

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos created during fertility treatments should be considered children under state law

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 reaffirmed the indisputable scientific fact that life begins at conception last week.

Court allows two wrongful death suits against fertility clinic to proceed while decision could impact people seeking IVF

An Alabama court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children, allowing couples to sue for wrongful death of their embryos that were destroyed at a fertility clinic.

The decision brought a rush of warnings from advocates who said it would have implications for fertility treatments.