Second Alabama IVF provider pauses parts of its program after court ruling on frozen embryos
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled this week that frozen embryos are legally considered children.
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The Alabama Supreme Court ruled this week that frozen embryos are legally considered children.
US President Joe Biden on Thursday slammed the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that frozen embryos are children, a decision that has led IVF clinics in the state to halt operations because of their increased exposure to wrongful death lawsuits.The pauses come days after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling in a lawsuit filed against a fertility clinic, under the state's 1872 Wrongful Death of a Minor Act.
The decisions come a day after the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system said it was pausing IVF treatment.
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled this week that frozen embryos are legally considered children.
The decisions come a day after the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system said it was pausing IVF treatment.