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Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Trump attends the 2024 National Religious Broadcasters convent...

Politics Feb 23

Trump says he ‘strongly supports’ IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access

By Jill Colvin, Meg Kinnard, Michelle L. Price, Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Nation Feb 23

DC: U.S. Congress
Some Republicans voice doubt over Alabama’s IVF ruling. Democrats see an opportunity

Some Republicans joined Democrats in expressing alarm over a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that jeopardized future access to in vitro fertilization.

By Christine Fernando, Associated Press

Nation Feb 23

FILE PHOTO: A medical technician prepares embryo and sperm samples for freezing at the Laboratory of Reproductive Biology ...
Bible-quoting Alabama chief justice sparks church-state debate in embryo ruling

When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind.

By Peter Smith, Tiffany Stanley, Associated Press

Nation Feb 21

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How an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children impacts IVF

A decision from the Alabama Supreme Court has alarmed doctors, patients and reproductive rights advocates. The court ruled that frozen embryos, created through in vitro fertilization, are legally children and thus protected. The designation of personhood could have significant repercussions…

By Stephanie Sy, Shoshana Dubnow

Politics Feb 20

FILE PHOTO: Alabama Judicial Building, where the state supreme court meets, is seen in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. September 26, 2019. Picture taken September 26, 2019. Photo by Chris Aluka Berry/Reuters
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.

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Mar 09

Virginia judge rules human embryos are ‘chattel’ based on centuries-old slave laws

By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press

The preliminary opinion by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner is being criticized by some for wrongly and unnecessarily delving into a time in Virginia history when it was legally permissible to own human beings.

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May 31

How overturning Roe v. Wade could affect IVF

By Jennifer Gerson, The 19th

Different state’ definitions of personhood, designed with abortion in mind, may have legal ramifications for fertility treatment and embryos.

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Aug 02

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This gene editing milestone raises big ethical questions

By PBS News Hour

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Nov 20

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Breakthrough Set to Radically Change Stem Cell Debate

Scientists reported Tuesday that they had succeeded in making human skin cells mimic embroynic stem cells, potentially bypassing the ethical debate over embryonic stem cell use. A cell biologist discusses the research behind the advance.

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Jun 06

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Harvard Researchers Start Cloning Human Embryos with Private Funds

By Admin, PBS News Hour

Harvard researchers announced Tuesday that they have begun efforts to clone human embryos to create stem cells by using private funding to get around federal funding restrictions.

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