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Republicans are reportedly divided on the issue, with some agreeing with the decision and others wanting to see IVF protected. Presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley told“embryos, to me, are babies,” but later added, “I didn't say that I agreed with the Alabama ruling.” Sen. Tommy Tuberville called the ruling “a hard one” for women, because “you really want people to have that opportunity” and “we need more kids.”Democrats widely criticized the ruling.
The ruling has already prompted three Alabama medical clinics to pause IVF treatments while they survey the consequences, and it’s having immediate implications for Republican lawmakers who have been asked about the decision—with some giving hazy answers, while most have yet to weigh... The latest hurdle comes out of Alabama after the state Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos are legally children and that the destruction of embryos constitutes a crime under the state’s “wrongful death of a minor” law.
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