Posted on 02/21/2024 8:14:44 AM PST by BenLurkin
In a first-of-its-kind decision, the Alabama state supreme court ruled on Friday that embryos are “extrauterine children” – a term that could have widespread implications for anybody who is seeking or provides in vitro fertilization (IVF). The ruling has plunged IVF doctors and patients in Alabama into chaos and uncertainty, as they scramble to untangle the practical implications of the sweeping ruling.
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Since each created embryo is now a person in the eyes of the law, the Alabama ruling casts multiple parts of the IVF process into legal jeopardy. Providers may no longer be able to freeze, thaw, transfer or test embryos using best medical practices. People also frequently make more embryos than they use, and it is unclear if Alabamians would be able to ever dispose of those embryos under the supreme court ruling.
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During a typical IVF process, providers use medication to stimulate the ovaries to produce multiple eggs, which are then extracted. Experts in a laboratory fertilize the eggs with sperm to create embryos. Doctors may then transfer an embryo or two into the patient’s uterus, or freeze embryos for future use.
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If freezing is out of the picture, experts fear that providers will be forced to transfer all created embryos to patients.
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People with these embryos will begin filing their Alabama income taxes claiming deductions for each frozen embryo.
Oh BS. They didn’t rule that it’s a “person” that’s cheap yellow propaganda journalism.
The courts ruled that an embryo has the same rights as any unborn child and, as such, the parents the embryos belonged to could sue for malpractice damages.
How freezing embryos is legal in the first place is what I can’t figure out.
“People also frequently make more embryos than they use, and it is unclear if Alabamians would be able to ever dispose of those embryos under the supreme court ruling.”
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Dispose, eh. Sad.
if it’s that important, just go to a neighboring state. Enough with the whining already.
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