Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children
Mobile County Circuit Court Judge Jill Parrish Phillips sided with the hospital and clinic and dismissed the lawsuit in 2022. Phillips’ decision was reversed by Friday’s landmark state Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court of Alabama ruled Friday that frozen human embryos conceived in vitro fertilization (IVF) are children, with human rights under state law.
In the court’s opinion, Justice Jay Mitchell cited the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. He wrote that the state law “applies to all children, born and unborn, without limitation” and “regardless of their location.” ---More...
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