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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabamas largest hospital paused in vitro fertilization treatments Wednesday as providers and patients across the state scrambled to

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."

Alabamas largest hospital paused in vitro fertilization treatments

University of Alabama at Birmingham said it needed to evaluate whether the ruling meant patients or doctors could face criminal charges for undergoing IVF 

Alabamas largest hospital system has paused IVF treatments after the Alabama Supreme Court said frozen embryos were the legally children.

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Hospital says it must evaluate whether patients or doctors could face criminal charges over IVF

Massachusetts experts say last week’s Alabama Supreme Court decision declaring that frozen embryos must be considered children poses a risk to the future of infertility treatment nationwide.

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Alabama Fertility halts new procedures ‘due to the legal risk’ after state supreme court says embryos are ‘extrauterine children’