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On 16 February 2024, the Supreme Court of Alabama published its opinion, “Supreme Court of Alabama, SC-2022-0515,” regarding whether embryos located outside the biological uterus are considered unborn children pursuant to...more
Recent legal developments in Alabama demonstrate that fertility care stakeholders should prepare for additional state regulation of in vitro fertilization (“IVF”) and other assisted reproductive technology (“ART”) services in...more
I. Alabama Legislation Following LePage - On March 7th, the Alabama Legislature passed SB159 (“SB159” or the “bill”), as a means of granting certain protections to IVF clinics and providers in the wake of the LePage v....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that cryogenically frozen embryos are children and are protected from destruction under state law. This is the latest in a series of post-Dobbs judicial rulings...more