Political and Legal Fallout Continues After Alabama IVF Ruling

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🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Lawmakers in Alabama this week are scrambling to limit the effects of a Feb. 16 state Supreme Court decision holding that frozen embryos are human and that anyone who destroys them can be held liable for wrongful death. Since the decision, major IVF providers across the state have suspended their services, leaving an industry in chaos and families going through IVF in limbo. Meanwhile, Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked a bill Wednesday that would have created national protections for fertility treatment. We’ll talk about the ongoing fallout in Alabama and where the broader movement for fetal personhood stands nationally. Guests: Mary Ziegler, professor of law, UC Davis Amy Yurkanin, senior reporter, AL.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.8	I'm Mina Kim.
1:16.0	Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers in Alabama are scrambling to pass laws to try and limit
1:21.4	the chaotic effects of a state Supreme Court decision that found frozen embryos used in
1:26.2	fertility treatments are children. Already,
1:29.1	major IVF providers across the state have suspended their services, leaving families going
1:33.8	through IVF in limbo. The ruling, says UC Davis Law Professor Mary Ziegler, is a reminder
1:39.1	of how important fetal personhood is becoming, or the belief that a fetus or even embryo is entitled to constitutional
1:45.5	rights. This hour, we look at ongoing fallout in Alabama and where the fetal personhood
1:50.8	movement stands. Join us.
1:58.3	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Crowds supporting fertility care gathered outside the Alabama
2:04.5	State House yesterday as lawmakers introduced proposals to try and blunt the effect of a first-of-its-kind
2:11.0	state Supreme Court decision. The Alabama High Court two weeks ago held that frozen embryos
2:17.2	outside the body are human beings,
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