More Alabama IVF providers pause treatment after court ruling
Fertility services are worried that patients or doctors could face criminal charges or punitive damages for IVF treatments after a court ruling.
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Fertility services are worried that patients or doctors could face criminal charges or punitive damages for IVF treatments after a court ruling.
More in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama have paused parts of their treatment after the state Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are legally considered children. Alabama Fertility Services said in
Fertility services are worried that patients or doctors could face criminal charges or punitive damages for IVF treatments after a court ruling.
The decisions come a day after the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system said it was pausing IVF treatment.
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