US EditionAlabama governor signs legislation protecting IVF providers from legal liability into law
- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation shielding in vitro fertilization providers from legal liability following a court ruling equating frozen embryos to children. Patients faced canceled procedures.
- State Republicans proposed the immunity law to address clinics' concerns, while House Democrats introduced a bill asserting that embryos are not considered unborn children under the law.
- The legislation immediately took effect, protecting IVF providers but drawing criticism from groups urging the governor to veto the bill.
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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey today signed into law a bill protecting in vitro fertilization, after the state's Supreme Court previously ruled that frozen embryos are considered children, and that anyone who destroys embryos can be prosecuted.
The local Supreme Court had equated them with 'children', making their destruction or damage punishable by murder charges
Alabama Legislature gives final approval to in vitro fertilization bill • Nebraska Examiner
Embryologist Ric Ross holds a dish with human embryos at the La Jolla IVF Clinic February 28, 2007, in La Jolla, California. The University of Alabama Birmingham said it was stopping IVF treatments after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were children. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill Wednesday night aimed at restarting in vitro fertilization services in the state, minutes after the Alabama Legis…
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