There are calls from all sides of the IVF debate for Alabama lawmakers to do more than the immunity legislation passed last year.
Families, doctors, and other advocates rallied at the Alabama State House on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, to urge legislators to resolve an interruption to in vitro fertilization services in Alabama.
The only regulation passed by lawmakers occurred in March after the Legislature quickly moved a bill that granted immunity to health providers if frozen embryos are destroyed during procedures or storage.after the Alabama State Supreme Court determined in February that the state’s wrongful death law applied to frozen embryos used during IVF procedures.Rep.
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission at the 2024 Souther Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Monday, July 15, 2024. Brent Leatherwood, president of the commission, said in a statement that the IVF industry has been “allowed to operate free of oversight and accountability for years.”
Dr. Randy Brinson, president of the Christian Coalition of Alabama, expressed similar views as Wahl saying that it shouldn’t be considered “onerous” for clinics to protect embryos they are producing and not “discard frivolously.” “Not wanting to aggravate the Supreme Court or the far-right, they left the question of the embryo’s status open while supposedly shielding the clinics,” Hammill said. “That leaves open the possibility in the future another challenge that could cause what the Legislature did to no longer be effective, or the Supreme Court could rule what the Legislature did was not constitutional.”
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