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