Some fertility clinics and transport services are worried about shipping embryos following the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that embryos are children.
Some fertility clinics and shipping services plan to hold off on sending frozen embryos from Alabama to other states as they weigh the legal implications of an Alabama court ruling that says embryos created through in vitro fertilization are children.
Many doctors and patients are confused about which elements of fertility treatment are restricted, following the Alabama Supreme Court decision last week, and at least three Alabama providers have paused IVF services. Some IVF patients have considered moving their embryos out of the state to continue the process elsewhere, only to learn that the option isn’t available to them right now.
The state isn’t (specifically) stopping it, the companies are. And can you really blame them when they’re apparently facing manslaughter
chargesconvictions if a fuse blows?*edited for accuracy
Ah, I misunderstood. And no, I can’t blame them.
Yes.
There comes a point where even legal departments have to say: this is fucking nonsense.
The whole point is that the court declared open season, they don’t have anything to hide behind when an embryo inevitably dies (which is routine in IVF, you implant many at once to accommodate for anticipated embryo loss).
So there’s no reason to play along.