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Alabama lawmakers are looking for ways to protect in vitro fertilization services in the state as patients, who had procedures cancelled in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling, remained stalled in their hopes of parenthood. The ruling, which raised immediate questions about what liability fertility clinics could face, had an immediate chilling effect on the availability of IVF in the Deep South state. Justices cited the wording of the wrongful death law and sweeping language that the GOP-...

Justices this month said three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a storage facility could pursue wrongful death claims for their "extrauterine children"

Alabama lawmakers have begun scrambling for ways to protect in vitro fertilization services after a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under state law

Yahoo News spoke with women in Alabama who are at various stages in their IVF journey about the questions and concerns they're now facing in the wake of the controversial ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are legally considered "children" under state law.

Alabama legislators Tuesday filed bills to protect in vitro fertilization programs from criminal and civil liability. SB 159, sponsored by Sen. Tim Melson, R-Florence, says that no criminal or civil action can be brought against entities or individuals providing goods or services related to IVF “except for an act or omission that is both intentional […] The post Alabama senator files bill to protect IVF services in state; hearings set for Wednesday appeared first on Alabama Reflect...

In vitro fertilization patients in Alabama described the heartbreak and anger after a state court decision that called into question the future of IVF in the state.

A Republican Alabama state senator on Tuesday filed a bill aimed at protecting the IVF industry after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered children, prompting at...

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denounces Alabama Supreme Courts ruling on frozen embryos as shameful and warns of potential nationwide impact

In vitro fertilization patients in Alabama described the heartbreak and anger after a state court decision that called into question the future of IVF in the state. Health and Human

Alabama lawmakers have begun scrambling for ways to protect in vitro fertilization services after a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under state law. Three