Alabama IVF ruling puts spotlight on state plans for tax breaks and child support for fetuses
by John Hanna and Geoff Mulvihill
Feb 24, 2024
4 minutes
The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S.
Lawmakers in at least six states have proposed measures similar to a Georgia law that allows women to seek child support back to conception to cover expenses from a pregnancy. Georgia also allows prospective parents to claim its income tax deduction for dependent children before birth, enacted a pregnancy tax break last year, and variations of those measures are before lawmakers in at least four other states.
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