Alabama 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 signs legislation protecting IVF providers from legal liability into law
MONTGOMERY — Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted, Alabama's governor signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children.
Guvernerka ameriške zvezne države Alabama Kay Ivey je v sredo podpisala zakon o zaščiti pred odgovornostjo v povezavi s zunajtelesno oploditvijo. Zakon, ki ščiti ljudi pred kazenskim pregonom zaradi uporabe tega postopka, so sprejeli po odločitvi vrhovnega sodišča, ki je pred tem zamrznjene zarodke izenačilo s človeškimi bitji.
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.
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