Alabama's frozen embryo decision explained
The ruling is limited to Alabama, but it has far-reaching potential and seems poised to open a new front in the fight over reproductive rights in the country.
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The ruling is limited to Alabama, but it has far-reaching potential and seems poised to open a new front in the fight over reproductive rights in the country.
Massachusetts experts say last week’s Alabama Supreme Court decision declaring that frozen embryos must be considered children poses a risk to the future of infertility treatment nationwide.
Alabama Fertility halts new procedures ‘due to the legal risk’ after state supreme court says embryos are ‘extrauterine children’
The decisions come a day after the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system said it was pausing IVF treatment.
“We are saddened that this will impact our patients’ attempt to have a baby through IVF."