Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Alabama 's leading medical school said Wednesday that it has paused in vitro fertilization procedures due to fear of prosecution after the state's highest court ruled that frozen embryos are 'children.' 'We must evaluate the potential that our patients and our physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages for following the standard of care for IVF treatments,' University of Alabama at Birmingham spokesperson Hannah Echols told AL.
Some women may have blocked fallopian tubes that won't allow fertilized eggs to travel to the uterus. In other cases, families can carry genes that cause fatal diseases and may want to create embryos that can be tested. In those cases, families will transfer healthy embryos and may discard or donate those that carry genetic diseases.
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Senate Republicans Block Bill to Protect IVF; Southern Baptist Convention Votes to Oppose IVFSee multiple perspectives from New York Post (News), Wall Street Journal (News), and Politico at AllSides.com.
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Couples ask judge to find Alabama law that provides legal immunity to IVF providers unconstitutionalAlabama couples at the center of lawsuits over the destruction of frozen embryos have asked a judge to toss out the new state law that provides immunity to in vitro fertilization providers
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Couples ask judge to find Alabama law that provides legal immunity to IVF providers unconstitutionalAlabama couples at the center of lawsuits over the destruction of frozen embryos have asked a judge to toss out the new state law that provides immunity to in vitro fertilization providers
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Couples ask judge to find Alabama law that provides legal immunity to IVF providers unconstitutionalMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Couples whose lawsuits against fertility providers led an Alabama court to rule that frozen embryos could be considered children
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Couples ask judge to find Alabama law that provides legal immunity to IVF providers unconstitutionalAlabama couples at the center of lawsuits over the destruction of frozen embryos have asked a judge to toss out the new state law that provides immunity to in vitro fertilization providers. The couples argued that the new immunity law is unconstitutional.
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