Alabama

Alabama lawmakers have approved a sweeping anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bill

9:44pm March 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

Republicans said they are guarding against programs that "deepen divisions," but Black Democrats called it an effort to roll back affirmative action programs that welcome and encourage diversity.

Hundreds gather for a protest rally in support of in vitro fertilization legislation on Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala.

Alabama Legislature moves to protect IVF services after state court ruling

4:59pm February 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

Alabama lawmakers rushed to protect in vitro fertilization services after fertility clinics shut down in the wake of a ruling that frozen embryos are children under the state wrongful death law.

An illustration of the blastocyst stage of embryo development at about five to nine days after fertilization. The outer layer will grow to form the placenta. The inner cells will become the fetus.

The science of IVF: What to know about Alabama's 'extrauterine children' ruling

4:42pm February 23, 2024

by Maria Godoy

Why are so many frozen embryos created? And how is the Alabama Supreme Court ruling likely to affect IVF in the future? Here's what you need to know.

Left: President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference on Feb. 12 in Washington. Right: Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, during a bus tour campaign event in South Carolina on Feb. 21.

Biden and Haley spar over abortion after Alabama court rules embryos are 'children'

3:39pm February 22, 2024

by Lexie Schapitl

Nikki Haley seemed to side with the Alabama court's decision, telling NBC News, "Embryos, to me, are babies." President Biden has seized the opportunity to call for enshrining Roe.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's office asked the Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, to set an execution date for Alan Eugene Miller, shown here in 1999.

National

Alabama seeks to carry out 2nd execution using controversial nitrogen gas method

2:04am February 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's office asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to set an execution date for Alan Eugene Miller. The state said the execution would use nitrogen.

Frozen embryos and sperm are stored in liquid nitrogen at a fertility clinic in Florida. The Alabama Supreme Court ruling stems from wrongful death cases brought by three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic in the state.

Alabama's largest hospital says it is halting IVF treatments in wake of court ruling

3:21pm February 21, 2024

by Melanie Peeples

Fertility clinics in Alabama are contemplating next steps after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen fertilized eggs are children — and discarding them would be a crime.

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The decision stems from a case brought by three couples that had pursued in vitro fertilization treatment.

How Alabama's ruling that frozen embryos are 'children' could impact IVF

11:03am February 21, 2024

Frozen embryos are people and you can be held legally responsible if you destroy them, according to the Alabama Supreme Court. The decision could have wide-ranging implications for IVF clinics.

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The Alabama Supreme Court ruled, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments. The decision was issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic.

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Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law

10:58pm February 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state.

Inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife.

National

Alabama sets January execution date using nitrogen gas

1:18am November 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Alabama has set a January execution date for what would be the nation's first attempt to put an inmate to death using nitrogen gas.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block enforcement of an Alabama voting rights decision.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case

4:30pm September 26, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.