Alabama’s IVF ruling puts spotlight on state supreme court election and abortion rights battles
Less than a month after a state supreme court decision that threatens the future of in vitro fertilization in Alabama, the justices who stood behind the ruling will face voters in a closely watched Republican primary election.
Last month, Alabama’s Supreme Court defined frozen embryos as children, expanding the scope of so-called “personhood” embraced by Christian fundamentalists and anti-abortion groups who believe that life begins at conception – and underscoring the far-reaching impacts of Roe v Wade’s collapse.
The ruling drew widespread condemnation and alarm, with fertility clinics across the state fearing swift legal scrutiny and their forced closure while families were left in heartbreaking limbo.
Republican lawmakers who have embraced, revealing the GOP’s deeply confused, ambivalent or intentionally obtuse , just as Republicans flailed in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn .
