Legal questions emerge after Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that embryos are people
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Containers holding frozen embryos and sperm are stored in liquid nitrogen at a fertility clinic in Fort Myers, Fla. 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. (Lynne Sladky/AP)
Here & Now's Scott Tong talks withI. Glenn Cohen about the medical ethics questions raised by the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that frozen embryos are people.
