A bioethicist explores the moral questions of Alabama’s IVF ruling
Is a frozen embryo a child? The Alabama Supreme Court says yes. In a recent ruling that three couples who lost frozen embryos in a…
Opinion: How Alabama’s IVF ruling unmasks the hypocrisy of antiabortion zealots
We don’t know whether former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, had any leftover embryos after they availed themselves of the advanced reproductive…
Amid backlash for IVF ruling, Alabama lawmakers look for fix
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Lawmakers began scrambling for ways to protect in vitro fertilization in Alabama after multiple providers paused their services in response to a state…
In Bay Area, Biden vows to restore abortion access amid legal uncertainty about fertility treatments
LOS ALTOS — Just days after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered “children,” President Biden held a fundraiser at a leading…
Opinion: Should a firefighter save a frozen embryo in a fire?
The bizarre decision handed down last week by the Alabama Supreme Court, which ruled that frozen human embryos are people too, is the reductio ad…
Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping…