Legal scholars are rebutting claims from Democratic politicians that the overturning of Roe v. Wade led to the controversial decision of the Alabama Supreme Court on the personhood status of embryos created for in vitro fertilization, saying the decision hinged on patient rights rather than abortion law.
Numerous Democrats have claimed the Alabama decision, which found that cryogenically frozen embryos are protected under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, was a result of the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision that returned jurisdiction over abortion regulation to the states.
“This is a direct consequence of Donald Trump overturning Roe & exposes Republican politicians’ hypocrisy on IVF,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) Read more…
