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Session 4: The Future of Frozen Embryos, by Clare Ryan, Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. -- In February 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine. The Court concluded that the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applied to “extrauterine embryos” that were cryopreserved during the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process. The opinion was the first in the country to treat pre-implantation embryos as children. The case caused immediate backlash, especially because every fertility clinic in the state of Alabama ceased IVF treatments out of fear of liability. In response, the Alabama state legislature passed a law that grants immunity to fertility treatment providers under certain circumstances. But many questions remain: what are the criminal law implications of treating pre-implantation embryos as children? What about the implications for family law? This talk will unpack the LePage decision and discuss the future of assisted reproduction.

 
 


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