Laws passed to protect IVF doctors following frozen embryo death ruling
A US state has paved the way for clinics to continue operating after a court ruling prompted three providers to halt procedures.
Alabama has passed legislation shielding doctors from potential legal liabilities raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children.
The state signed into law a measure aimed at protecting IVF after the Alabama Supreme Court decided frozen embryos should be considered “extrauterine children” and therefore potentially subject to wrongful death lawsuits if an egg was destroyed.
The decision prompted at least three providers to halt the procedure.
Both chambers of the state’s Republican-controlled legislature passed the proposal protecting IVF providers from both criminal charges and civil lawsuits after brief debates on 29 February.
