Days after Alabama's Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children, one health system pauses IVF treatment | News
The decision makes UAB the first known organization in the state to confirm it is pausing the treatment.
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The decision makes UAB the first known organization in the state to confirm it is pausing the treatment.
(CNN) — The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system is pausing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment following an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos are children, the
Alabama's High Court ruled Feb. 16 that frozen embryos are “children” for the purposes of a wrongful death lawsuit. The decision reverses two lower court rulings.
The state's supreme court found that the destruction of frozen embryos violated state laws. IVF providers are now unsure of how the law might be interpreted in future cases.
The UAB health system paused in vitro fertilization, or IVF, treatments after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are children.