Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. This law comes after weeks of debate following the February 16 Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos are considered children under the state’s Wrongful Death of a [...]
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Alabama Senate and House pass bills safeguarding IVF clinics from legal repercussions
The Alabama House passed a bill and the state Senate unanimously passed another on Thursday that would safeguard access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) following the Alabama Supreme Court decision in LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Clinic, Inc., which classified frozen embryos as children. The House passed HB 237 by a 94-6 majority while the Senate passed SB [...]
Alabama State Senator Tim Melson filed a bill Tuesday in an effort to protect the state’s in-vitro fertilization (IVF) industry following the recent state Supreme Court ruling. Senator Melson proposed Senate Bill 160 in order to prevent more clinics from halting operation. This bill would give criminal and civil immunity to health care providers performing [...]
Explainer: Making Sense of Alabama’s Supreme Court Ruling on IVF
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos are children. What does this mean? And how might the ruling reverberate as the US grapples with reproductive rights in a post-Roe world? In this explainer, we will explore these issues and their possible implications. As succinctly as possible, what was this case about? LePage v. [...]
Collapse of Privacy Rights for Women: The Overturn of Roe v. Wade
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center overturned the landmark case Roe v. Wade. It is essential to clarify the specific right Roe established. It was not an unqualified affirmative right to abortion but a right protecting a woman from unduly burdensome interference with her freedom to [...]
Recently, Kavya Solanki of Gujarat, India has become the first-ever “Saviour Sibling” of India. She was conceived in order to provide bone marrow for her elder sibling, Abhijeet Solanki, suffering from the life-threatening disease Thalassemia. Saviour children are the children created through the Assisted Reproductive Techniques so that they are genetically compatible with the other sibling [...]
Connecticut Supreme Court upholds agreement in frozen embryo case
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that an agreement signed by a couple seeking in vitro fertilization to destroy the pre-embryos in the event of a divorce should be upheld as a valid contract. Timothy Goodwin and Jennifer Bilbao signed an agreement with a facility to store the remaining pre-embryos after their fertility treatment. [...]
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday announced the commencement of production of lab-grown meat in the US. “The Agencies are today announcing agreement on a joint regulatory framework,” sais the release, “wherein FDA oversees cell collection, cell banks, and cell growth and differentiation. A transition from [...]
Missouri appeals court rules frozen pre-embryos are marital property
The Court of Appeals of Missouri ruled Tuesday that frozen pre-embryos, fertilized eggs that are not implanted in the uterus, are legally classified as marital property, and the consent of both parties is required before the pre-embryos can...
Polish citizens protested on Sunday a possible total abortion ban following the suggestion of the ruling legislative party's president. The ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party wants to bring the country's abortion policies in line with...