The Impact of Fetal Personhood in Alabama
Anti-abortion activists have sought legal rights for embryos since the Seventies. Today, Alabamians are learning the cost of that fight, from IVF to abortions
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Anti-abortion activists have sought legal rights for embryos since the Seventies. Today, Alabamians are learning the cost of that fight, from IVF to abortions
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Sarah Jones writes that although Republicans say they support IVF, their rhetoric is at odds with the positions they take.
The state's embrace of fetal personhood has had terrible, if unintended, consequences that will kill many families' dreams of having children.
The Alabama Supreme Court stunned the nation earlier this week by ruling that frozen embryos are children under state law. The decision has vast implications not only for abortion rights in Alabama, but also for treatments like in vitro fertilization, or IVF, which help couples struggling with infertility to conceive children. Some fertility clinics in Alabama have already paused the service while they analyze the full implications of the ruling.Monday’s ruling is a watershed moment for the feta