Nikki Haley sides with Alabama Supreme Court on IVF ruling: 'Embryos, to me, are babies'

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are children

Panelists discuss a decision that could have a major domino effect.

Alabama clinic suspends IVF treatment after court rules embryos are babies

The state's supreme court found that the destruction of frozen embryos violated state laws. IVF providers are now unsure of how the law might be interpreted in future cases.

IVF in red states under threat as Alabama Supreme Court says embryos are children

Religious conservatives on Alabama's state supreme court have ruled that embryos are equal to children, and activists in other red states are hoping to match that outcome. Fertility clinics are already responding with a mix of caution and confusion. Irin Carmon, senior correspondent for New York Magazine, joins Alex Wagner to discuss.

Haley Backs Alabama Ruling That Embryos Are Babies

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley came out in support of an Alabama Supreme Court decision that deemed embryos made through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) as living beings. “Embryos to me are babies,” Ms. Haley told NBC News on Feb. 21, noting that she had her son, Nalin Haley, through artificial insemination. Ms. Haley, who is pro-life, remarked that it is one thing to save sperm or eggs, “but when you talk about an embryo, you are talking a…

US candidate Haley sides with court ruling that embryos are babies

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that she believed frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) were babies, endorsing a controversial ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court. That state’s high court said that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children, rattling doctors and patients in reproductive medicine as well as raising legal questions, US media reported after Friday’s decision. H…

Nikki Haley describes embryos as ‘babies’ and backs controversial Alabama ruling

Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos are children