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.

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. Justices, citing anti-abortion language in the Alabama Constitution, ruled that an 1872 state law allowing parents to sue over the death of a minor child “applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location.”

  • Estiar@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    How are you supposed to charge a baby with manslaughter or charge the father when he just contributed sperm? I get your mood, but that’s not a winnable case for the prosecution.

    I can see a tort law case like wrongful death happening, (that’s the case happening here) That’s not a criminal case however unless one wants to prosecute criminal negligence in another case