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Alabama IVF ruling: Embryo shipping services to halt business in Alabama after ruling deems embryos ‘children’, three fertility clinics pause services in state::Nationwide services say they will cease transporting embryos in and out of state following court decision deeming them ‘children’

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The article implies that current patients essentially have no choice but to continue storing whatever frozen embryos they have at the cost of hundreds of dollars per year. It also mentioned that fertility clinics have "paused" services due to the legal risk posed to anyone involved if the embryo were to fail at any stage. So what happens now? Will these clinics be legally obligated to continue maintaining these embryos in their frozen state until the end of time? Considering their business model has been made illegal, it seems like bankruptcy is inevitable. Who then becomes responsible for these embryos? This is all so absurd.