In deciding whether a lawsuit could be put forward regarding the loss of frozen embryos at an Alabama fertility clinic, the court's majority opinion found that frozen embryos should be afforded the same privileges and protections as other unborn children
To be clear Alabama imposes significant restrictions on abortion, and a dissenting opinion predicts this will spell the end for IVF fertility treatments in Alabama due to the inevitable loss of viable embryos inherent in IVF
It remains unclear whether the SCOTUS would hear an appeal to this case, but any finding that upholds such a ruling would have deep and long lasting implications - to this point case law has treated embryos as property akin to stored blood or semen, and the full effect of treating embryos as unborn children remains to be seen
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politi...os-can-be-considered-children-under-state-law
To be clear Alabama imposes significant restrictions on abortion, and a dissenting opinion predicts this will spell the end for IVF fertility treatments in Alabama due to the inevitable loss of viable embryos inherent in IVF
It remains unclear whether the SCOTUS would hear an appeal to this case, but any finding that upholds such a ruling would have deep and long lasting implications - to this point case law has treated embryos as property akin to stored blood or semen, and the full effect of treating embryos as unborn children remains to be seen
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politi...os-can-be-considered-children-under-state-law