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More in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama have paused parts of their treatment after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children.
Significant controversy has arisen after the Alabama Supreme Court issued a decision declaring cryogenically frozen embryos are “extrauterine children.”
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Additional in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama paused parts of their treatment Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make o
The ruling is the first of its kind and extends a theory championed by some anti-abortion groups — that embryos and fetuses should be considered children and be afforded legal protections — into a new realm.
A second in vitro fertilization provider in the U.S. state of Alabama is pausing parts of its care to patients after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children. Alabama Fertility Services said in a statement Thursday that it has "made the impossibly difficult decision to hold new IVF treatments due…