ACMG Response to the Alabama Supreme Court Decision on Embryos
February 29, 2024
February 29, 2024
BETHESDA, Maryland, Feb. 29 -- The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024:
On February 16, 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Clinic that embryos are considered children from the point of fertilization. This decision sets a dangerous precedent that threatens modern fertility healthcare and patients' ability to conceive via in vitro fertilization (IVF). Since the Court's announcem . . .
On February 16, 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Clinic that embryos are considered children from the point of fertilization. This decision sets a dangerous precedent that threatens modern fertility healthcare and patients' ability to conceive via in vitro fertilization (IVF). Since the Court's announcem . . .