"Alabama's Largest Hospital Halts IVF Procedures After Court Ruling on Frozen Embryos"

The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system has paused in vitro fertilization treatments following a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that considers frozen embryos as children, citing concerns about potential criminal prosecutions. While egg retrievals will continue, the next steps of fertilization and embryo development have been halted, impacting patients' attempts to conceive through I.V.F. The health system's decision affects the largest hospital in Alabama and raises significant legal and ethical implications for reproductive health procedures.