Bipartisan coalition forming to protect IVF Bipartisan coalition forming to federally protect IVF 04:12 The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday declined to reconsider a controversial ruling that said frozen embryos are considered children under a state law. Justices in a 7-2 decision without comment rejected a request to revisit the ruling that drew international attention … Read more
Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill after it was approved in a late-night session by lawmakers scrambling … Read more
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said the “question of when life begins” should not be “decided by politicians” in the wake of a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that said frozen embryos are children under state law. “I personally believe that the question of when life begins is a theological, moral or philosophical … Read more
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding in vitro fertilization providers from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. The bill, approved by the state House and Senate Wednesday night, protects providers from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the “damage or death of an embryo” during … Read more
Cayley Benjamin and her husband sought fertility treatment after many months of trying to have another child — one of the many Canadians who turn to medical help, but increasingly struggle with the costs. “We were able to conceive and I had a miscarriage just over two years ago,” she said, speaking to Global News … Read more
Alabama lawmakers work to safeguard IVF practices – CBS News Watch CBS News Alabama lawmakers are urgently working to safeguard in-vitro fertilization practices following a court decision that challenges the treatment’s legality in the state. A new two-page bill aims to offer legal protection to IVF patients, doctors, and clinics, yet fails to tackle the … Read more
Tory Beasley had dreamed of having three kids, and she and her husband turned to IVF after struggling with infertility. She was scheduled for an embryo transfer next week at an Alabama fertility clinic in the hopes of having a dreamed-of second child. The mental health therapist was in her doctor’s office when she got … Read more
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) called out Alabama for its recent ruling that frozen embryos and fertilized eggs should be considered people under law, arguing it will only add what he called a “war on women.” “This is a serious threat,” Newsom said in a preview clip shared Saturday by NBC’s “Meet the Press,” referring to … Read more
Kate was scrolling through Facebook when she saw a news story about an Alabama court ruling on embryos. The 39-year-old Tennessean had been going to her fertility clinic across the border in Alabama for months, and she was exhausted. She and her husband had gone through several rounds of intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization, … Read more
After years of demanding that the law recognize fetuses and embryos as living human beings, Republicans got what they asked for when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a clinic’s accidental destruction of frozen embryos amounted to the wrongful death of a child. But within a matter of days, it became apparent that the decision … Read more
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