Why has the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are ‘children’? While the southern US state has not banned IVF, critics fear the ruling will make the treatment inaccessible. The Alabama Supreme Court in Montgomery ruled 7-2 that an embryo can be considered a child under state law [Kim Chandler/AP] The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state l
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