US EditionSecond Alabama provider pauses IVF treatments after embryo ruling
- The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos have the same legal status as children, impacting fertility treatments and providers in the state.
- The ruling raises fears of higher costs and decreased access to infertility treatments, with potential legal implications for providers.
- Liberty Counsel is using the Alabama ruling to challenge a proposed amendment in Florida, arguing it could affect abortion rights.
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Pauses on embryo transfers out of Alabama leave IVF patients with few options
Several fertility clinics and embryo shipping services plan to hold off on sending embryos from Alabama to other states following a court ruling that said embryos created through IVF are children.
Two more IVF providers pause treatment in Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two more in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama paused parts of their treatment Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make other plans after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children.
Can healthcare workers be charged with causing the death of another if a frozen embryo is destroyed? Yes, according to the Alabama Supreme Court, which ruled that frozen embryos in the legal sense are children. The decision is prompting hospitals to put IVF treatments on pause.
This couple has to leave Alabama or risk losing their eggs after state ruling forces providers to pause IVF treatment
By Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — “I just feel like I don’t even want to ever come back to Alabama,” Gabrielle Goidel said Thursday. Yesterday, Goidel was days away from having her eggs retrieved at an Alabama fertility clinic, after three miscarriages and more than a $20,000 investment in a grueling in vitro fertilization journey. Now, she and her husband are packing for a flight to Texas tonight, in hopes of sal…
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