Politics Mar 05 Alabama lawmakers close to approving protections for IVF providers Patients in Alabama shared stories of having upcoming embryo transfers abruptly canceled and their paths to parenthood thrown into in doubt.
Politics Mar 03 WATCH: Harris marks 59th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Vice President Kamala Harris is among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day Alabama law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators on the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
Politics Feb 29 Alabama lawmakers rush to restore IVF services after court ruling Three IVF providers in Alabama paused services after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were considered "extrauterine children" under the state wrongful death law.
Politics Feb 28 Patients urge Alabama lawmakers to restore IVF services in the state More than 150 in vitro fertilization patients have gathered at the Alabama Statehouse to urge lawmakers to find some way to restore IVF services in the state. Those gathered at the Statehouse Wednesday included patients and doctors alike.
Health Feb 22 A 2nd Alabama IVF provider pauses parts of its program after court ruling on frozen embryos Alabama Fertility Services said in a statement Thursday that has "made the impossibly difficult decision to hold new IVF treatments due to the legal risk to our clinic and our embryologists.
Politics Feb 21 Alabama lawmakers advance legislation to define man and woman based on reproductive anatomy Supporters say it gives necessary guidance to the courts in interpreting existing laws. Opponents say it would further erode the rights of transgender people in Alabama.
Health Feb 21 Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children The University of Alabama Birmingham said in a statement Wednesday that its UAB Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility has paused the treatments "as it evaluates the Alabama Supreme Court's decision."…
Politics Feb 20 Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos can be considered ‘children’ under state law Justices issued the ruling Friday in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic.
Nation Jan 27 An eyewitness account of what happened at the nation’s 1st nitrogen gas execution As witnesses watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas.
Nation Jan 26 U.S. at front of death penalty debate after Alabama execution uses nitrogen gas, the first ever A man who was paid $1,000 to kill an Alabama woman more than 30 years ago has been put to death with pure nitrogen gas, a first-of-its-kind execution that again placed the United States at the forefront of the debate…