A court ruling that deemed #FrozenEmbryos “children” has motivated some patients & clinics to move embryos out of #RedStates.
The embryo migration is most striking in #Alabama, where the State Supreme Court ruled in Feb that #embryos were “unborn children.”
#law #SCOTUS #RoeVWade #ReproductiveRights #IVF #VoteBlue
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/health/ivf-embryos-alabama.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Alabama has a near-total #AbortionBan, & #IVF services were paused last month because of a court ruling equating #FrozenEmbryos to children.
#MarilynLands defeated #Republican Teddy Powell to win the open legislative seat, acc/to unofficial returns Tues. Powell, a member of the Madison City Council, issued a statement conceding the race & congratulating Lands on her victory.
#law #AbortionRights #ReproductiveRights #AbortionIsHealthcare #FrozenEmbryos #embryos #personhood #VoteBlue
#MarilynLands, a Dem who made #ReproductiveRights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply #conservative #Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature.
Lands’ victory in the suburban district in the #DeepSouth state was celebrated by #Democrats who have attempted to portray the state #GOP as too extreme on #abortion & reproductive rights.
#law #AbortionBan #IVF #FrozenEmbryos #embryos #personhood #AbortionRights #AbortionIsHealthcare #Vote
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-ivf-abortion-legislature-378c3fa32dcfc2d0401f3893828482af
Do you know why embryos can be frozen?
#FunFact #Embryos #FrozenEmbryos #Babies #Facts #Alabamallelujah
…The University of #Alabama at #Birmingham, which stopped treatments after the ruling, said…that it was“moving to promptly resume” treatments.
The #law also shields “manufacturers of goods used to facilitate” #IVF or the transport of #embryos from #criminal charges, but stops short of providing blanket #immunity for those companies.
While the law provides #legal immunity for clinics providing IVF, it doesn’t stipulate whether #FrozenEmbryos are people, as the AL Supreme Court did.
#SCOTUS #Dobbs
The bill, signed into #law >3 wks after the #AlabamaSupremeCourt ruled that #FrozenEmbryos are people & individuals could be held #liable for destroying them, gives #criminal & #civil #immunity “for death or damage to an #embryo” related to #IVF. The unprecedented ruling alarmed #medical professionals & #ReproductiveRights advocates, who warned it would jeopardize IVF access. Several #Alabama providers halted IVF treatments w/in days of the decision.
#Alabama lawmakers pass #legislation to protect #IVF treatment
The AL #legislature voted Thurs to #protect #doctors doing IVF from #criminal or #civil #liability if #embryos they help to create are subsequently damaged or destroyed.
The fast action by both the House & Senate on bills to shield IVF came >2 wks after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that #FrozenEmbryos are people & that individuals could be liable for destroying them.
#ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/29/ivf-protections-alabama-legislature-bill/
From the incomparable #JohnArchibald:
#Alabama Supreme Court is a #theocracy
#AlabamaSupremeCourt chief justice #TomParker was downright gleeful.
He quoted Genesis in his #sermon — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the AL ruling that turned #IVF on its head by defining #FrozenEmbryos as children.
#law #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/archibald-alabama-supreme-court-is-a-theocracy.html
Major Alabama hospital pauses IVF after court rules frozen embryos are children
IVF Appointments made months in advance cancelled today, forecast is continued decreasing birth rates in Alabama.
The BBC reports: "The southern US state's largest hospital has paused its in-vitro fertilisation
https://newsviews.online/2024/02/22/major-alabama-hospital-pauses-ivf-after-court-rules-frozen-embryos-are-children/
#Abortion #Alabama #AlabamaSupremeCourt #FrozenEmbryos #IVF #ReproductiveRights
