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The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that couples who were trying in vitro fertilization and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a south Alabama storage facility can sue under the state's wrongful death law. Since then, three providers have paused the often-used fertility treatments while they sort out the legal implications.
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Additional in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama paused parts of their treatment Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make other plans after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children.
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The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. This is raising concerns about how the decision could affect invitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF. The fertility treatment involves retrieving a woman's eggs and combining them with a man's sperm in a lab dish. A few days after fertilization, one or more embryos are placed in the uterus and healthy embryos that are not transferred may be frozen and stored. Frozen embryos can be used for future pregnancies, and are stored at places such as hospital labs or reproductive medicine centers. APR News Director Pat Duggins spoke with Robin Marty, Executive Director of the West Alabama Women's Center, and a voice for reproductive rights in the State. Here's that conversation
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An appellate court ruling may mean abortion providers in Arizona may rejoin Alabama in lawsuits against State bans on the procedure. This week’s ruling could revive a challenge against Arizona’s law that halts abortions over genetic abnormalities in the fetus.
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Abortion is almost entirely illegal in Alabama, and abortion rights advocates are working to make sure those who help patients lawfully obtain the procedure out of state don’t face legal repercussions.
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Health care providers in Alabama, where abortion is almost entirely illegal, filed a lawsuit against the state's attorney general that seeks to prevent him from prosecuting people who help women travel outside the state to receive an abortion.
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An appeals court will begin hearing arguments today at 1 p.m. that could impact the sale of the federally-approved abortion drug Mifepristone.
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State battles over abortion are leading to state constitutional amendments – an option in all states and available directly to citizens in 18 states. Before the Dobbs ruling, abortion-related amendments invariably sought to limit protection for abortion rights by clarifying that there is no state constitutional right to abortion.
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Keeping educated and skilled workers from leaving Alabama appears to be an on-going concern. Efforts are underway at the State, regional, and local levels to attract and hold onto workers, including the Alabama Gulf coast. Surveys of those leaving Alabama for other parts of the U.S. cite a range of complaints as reasons for looking elsewhere to work and live. The Alabama Public Radio news team will examine problems and solutions to this issue in an on-going series of reports called “Should I stay, or should I go.” Recently, we talked about inclusion. This time around, the subject is exclusion.
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Monday marks the start of the first full week since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Roe Versus Wade decision legalizing abortion. A Montgomery federal judge also just removed an injunction to a 2019 Alabama law that makes abortions a felony. The West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa provided fifty percent of the procedures in the state. The clinic says one hundred patients have already been turned away.