Healthcare Press

Major Alabama hospital stops IVF treatment after court rules embryos are children

  • 📰 politico
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 11 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 8%
  • Publisher: 59%

Health Health Headlines News

Health Health Latest News,Health Health Headlines

Presidential candidate Nikki Haley agreed with the ruling, saying Wednesday that embryos 'are babies.'

Presidential candidate Nikki Haley agreed with the ruling, saying Wednesday that embryos “are babies.”

The ruling puts patients and physicians conducting IVF treatment at risk of criminal prosecution, which is a significant concern for the university that runs the nation’s eighth-largest hospital.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 381. in HEALTH

Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

University of Alabama pauses IVF services after court rules that embryos are childrenAria Bendix is the breaking health reporter for NBC News Digital.
Source: NBCNewsHealth - 🏆 707. / 51 Read more »

UAB health system suspends IVF following Alabama Supreme Court ruling on embryosThe UAB health system has paused IVF treatments after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are 'extrauterine children.'
Source: dcexaminer - 🏆 6. / 94 Read more »