WASHINGTON (February 21, 2024)—The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos are children. This decision not only immediately impacts the Mobile fertility clinic, allowing two wrongful death suits to proceed; but, also those seeking in vitro fertilization and reproductive treatments.
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