MONTGOMERY, Ala. Additional in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama paused parts of their treatment Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make other plans after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children.
U.S. President Joe Biden responded Thursday to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos are legally children. "Make no mistake: This is a direct result of the overturning of Roe v. Wade," Biden said in a statement, referencing the overturned Supreme Court case that had protected the right to an abortion since 1973.…
Lawmakers began scrambling for ways to protect Alabama in vitro fertilization services after multiple providers paused services in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under a state law. Facing a wave of shock and anger from the decision, legislators prepared separate proposals in the House and Senate that would seek to prevent a fertilized egg from being recognized as a human life or an unborn child under state laws until it is implanted in a woman's uterus. Justices cited sweeping language that the GOP-controlled Legislature and voters added to the Alabama Constitution in 2018 saying that the state recognizes the “rights of the unborn child.”
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