Frozen embryos created by vitro fertilization are now considered children under Alabama law, putting some Republicans in a bind.
The state’s Supreme Court ruled late last week that frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization are considered children under Alabama law. The decision has prompted at least three facilities in Alabama to pause IVF services, but it has also altered the national reproductive health care debate, giving Democrats a new opening in an election year while putting some Republicans in a bind.
At least one House Republican is already planning a legislative response, while others publicly oppose the ruling. At the same time, the only GOP presidential candidate still in the primary race against Donald Trump has called for the courts to revisit the decision.
„We should do everything we can to protect IVF for women everywhere,“ GOP Representative Nancy Mace told Axios late Thursday.
