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Legal questions emerge after Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that embryos are people

NPR
Published February 21, 2024 at 7:06 AM EST
Containers holding frozen embryos and sperm are stored in liquid nitrogen at a fertility clinic in Fort Myers, Fla. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments. The decision was issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic. (Lynne Sladky/AP)
Containers holding frozen embryos and sperm are stored in liquid nitrogen at a fertility clinic in Fort Myers, Fla. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments. The decision was issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic. (Lynne Sladky/AP)

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with I. Glenn Cohen about the medical ethics questions raised by the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos are people.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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