Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall does not intend to prosecute in vitro fertilization providers or families in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that embryos should be considered children — a decision that has thrown the whole process into chaos.
“Attorney General Marshall has no intention of using the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision as a basis for prosecuting IVF families or providers,” Katherin Robertson, chief counsel in the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, said in a statement.
At least three providers have stopped IVF procedures in the wake of the ruling since the process often involves discarding embryos.
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