Alabama Supreme court has ruled that frozen embryos in fertility clinic are children and if they are destroyed by accident, someone goes to jail

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“This ruling is stating that a fertilized egg, which is a clump of cells, is now a person. It really puts into question, the practice of IVF,…”

“”Unborn children are ‘children’ … without exception based on developmental stage, physical location, or any other ancillary characteristics,” Justice Jay Mitchell wrote in Friday’s majority ruling by the all-Republican court.”

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If somebody accidentally drops a test tube or if they made a couple extras to make sure that one “took”, they are now obligated to preserve them all or be subject to wrongful death prosecution.

www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/health/ivf-alabama-abortion.html

www.npr.org/2024/02/20/1232815486/alabama-supreme-court-frozen-embryos

 

h/t JustmeTX

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