US Court Declares Frozen Embryos As "Children". What It Means
The far-reaching implications of this decision are raising concerns among legal experts, medical professionals, and reproductive rights advocates.
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The far-reaching implications of this decision are raising concerns among legal experts, medical professionals, and reproductive rights advocates.
Alabama's largest hospital recently announced it is halting in-vitro fertilization treatments after the state's supreme court ruled that embryos have the same rights as "unborn children," the Associated Press reported.On Wednesday, the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Un...
Opinion writers examine the possible aftermath of the Alabama IVF ruling.
“Unborn children are ‘children’ ... without exception based on developmental stage, physical location, or any other ancillary characteristics,” Associate Justice Jay Mitchell wrote in the ruling.
Alabama Fertility's clinic in Birmingham has 'paused transfers of embryos for at least a day or two,' said Penny Monella, the chief operating officer at Alabama Fertility Specialists.