23-02-2024, 10:14 AM
Unbelievable. 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...ryo-ruling
"Alabama Fertility halts new procedures ÔÇÿdue to the legal riskÔÇÖ after state supreme court says embryos are ÔÇÿextrauterine childrenÔÇÖ
A second Alabama provider announced that it will┬ápause its in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments┬áon Thursday, just days after the┬ástate supreme court ruled┬áin a first-of-its-kind decision that embryos are ÔÇ£extrauterine childrenÔÇØ.
ÔÇ£We have made the impossibly difficult decision to hold new IVF treatments due to the legal risk to our clinic and our embryologists,ÔÇØ Alabama Fertility said in a┬ápost to its Instagram account. ÔÇ£We are contacting patients that will be affected today to find solutions for them and we are working as hard as we can to alert our legislators as to the far-reaching negative impact of this ruling on the women of Alabama.ÔÇØ
The Alabama supreme court ruling stemmed from two wrongful death lawsuits brought against an┬áIVF┬áclinic after several peopleÔÇÖs frozen embryos were accidentally destroyed. The clinic pushed back against the lawsuits, arguing that AlabamaÔÇÖs Wrongful Death of a Minor Act did not apply to frozen embryos, but the state supreme court ruled that the act does indeed apply.
ÔÇ£The central question presented in these consolidated appeals, which involve the death of embryos kept in a cryogenic nursery, is whether the act contains an unwritten exception to that rule for extrauterine children ÔÇô that is, unborn children who are located outside of a biological uterus at the time they are killed,ÔÇØ the Alabama supreme court justice Jay Mitchell wrote. ÔÇ£Under existing black-letter law, the answer to that question is no: the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location.ÔÇØ
A concurring opinion, written by the Alabama state supreme court chief justice, Tom Parker, repeatedly invoked the Bible. ÔÇ£The principle itself ÔÇô that human life is fundamentally distinct from other forms of life and cannot be taken intentionally without justification ÔÇô has deep roots that reach back to the creation of man ÔÇÿin the image of GodÔÇÖ,ÔÇØ Parker wrote, before citing Genesis 1:27 of the King James edition.
The Alabama ruling has rocked the country. IVF patients and advocates have vigorously opposed the ruling, which they say did not deal with the vast practical implications of legally recognizing frozen embryos as people. Doctors at Alabama Fertility said earlier this week that the ruling threatened to upend several steps of the IVF process.
The decision also cements tenets of so-called ÔÇ£fetal personhoodÔÇØ into Alabama law. Establishing that embryos and fetuses are people, complete with full legal rights and protections, is a long-term goal of many within the anti-abortion movement. Abortion foes are also often opposed to IVF."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...ryo-ruling
"Alabama Fertility halts new procedures ÔÇÿdue to the legal riskÔÇÖ after state supreme court says embryos are ÔÇÿextrauterine childrenÔÇÖ
A second Alabama provider announced that it will┬ápause its in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments┬áon Thursday, just days after the┬ástate supreme court ruled┬áin a first-of-its-kind decision that embryos are ÔÇ£extrauterine childrenÔÇØ.
ÔÇ£We have made the impossibly difficult decision to hold new IVF treatments due to the legal risk to our clinic and our embryologists,ÔÇØ Alabama Fertility said in a┬ápost to its Instagram account. ÔÇ£We are contacting patients that will be affected today to find solutions for them and we are working as hard as we can to alert our legislators as to the far-reaching negative impact of this ruling on the women of Alabama.ÔÇØ
The Alabama supreme court ruling stemmed from two wrongful death lawsuits brought against an┬áIVF┬áclinic after several peopleÔÇÖs frozen embryos were accidentally destroyed. The clinic pushed back against the lawsuits, arguing that AlabamaÔÇÖs Wrongful Death of a Minor Act did not apply to frozen embryos, but the state supreme court ruled that the act does indeed apply.
ÔÇ£The central question presented in these consolidated appeals, which involve the death of embryos kept in a cryogenic nursery, is whether the act contains an unwritten exception to that rule for extrauterine children ÔÇô that is, unborn children who are located outside of a biological uterus at the time they are killed,ÔÇØ the Alabama supreme court justice Jay Mitchell wrote. ÔÇ£Under existing black-letter law, the answer to that question is no: the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location.ÔÇØ
A concurring opinion, written by the Alabama state supreme court chief justice, Tom Parker, repeatedly invoked the Bible. ÔÇ£The principle itself ÔÇô that human life is fundamentally distinct from other forms of life and cannot be taken intentionally without justification ÔÇô has deep roots that reach back to the creation of man ÔÇÿin the image of GodÔÇÖ,ÔÇØ Parker wrote, before citing Genesis 1:27 of the King James edition.
The Alabama ruling has rocked the country. IVF patients and advocates have vigorously opposed the ruling, which they say did not deal with the vast practical implications of legally recognizing frozen embryos as people. Doctors at Alabama Fertility said earlier this week that the ruling threatened to upend several steps of the IVF process.
The decision also cements tenets of so-called ÔÇ£fetal personhoodÔÇØ into Alabama law. Establishing that embryos and fetuses are people, complete with full legal rights and protections, is a long-term goal of many within the anti-abortion movement. Abortion foes are also often opposed to IVF."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)