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Doctors shocked and angry as Alabama ruling throws IVF care into turmoil (www.theguardian.com)

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Declaration that IVF embryos are ‘extrauterine children’ means ‘literally criminalizing standard medical care’, physicians say

Doctors are reacting with shock and fury to an Alabama supreme court decision that has shut down in vitro fertilization at the state’s largest infertility clinics.

Physicians said the decision, which ruled embryos are “extrauterine children”, grossly misunderstood reproductive medicine and was “devastating” for infertile patients.

“We made the impossible decision to pause new IVF treatments at our center, which is devastating for our patients and the state,” said Dr Mamie McLean, a fertility specialist at Alabama Fertility, which performed about 700 rounds of IVF in 2023.

“Our legal team is telling us that, as the ruling is written, that modern fertility treatments cannot continue in the state of Alabama because of the risk to physicians and embryologists, given that embryos are now considered children,” said McLean.

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[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 years ago

"literally criminalizing medical care"

Yeah that's standard republican policy

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"In December 2020, a patient at the clinic wandered into cryogenic embryo storage, lifted an ultra-cold vessel out of storage, and immediately dropped it when it burned her hand – destroying the embryos inside."

I'm still amazed by the lack of security that allowed that to happen.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I didn't know they had made a female reboot of Mr. Bean

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh absolutely, but then the "parents" didn't have to turn around and ruin it for everyone. I wonder how they feel now.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Some people freeze embryos before cancer treatment, so this may have been their only "children".

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Yes, it's very unfortunate. And now thousands of other cancer paitents will never have that chance to begin with.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

There was an incident here in the UK.

Not all the facts are out yet, but it appears that some bad embryo growth medium killed a bunch of embryos. Embryos mostly of women who through cancer or some other condition ended up having a hysterectomy. So those embryos were literally the last chance they had for a kid that was actually genetically theirs.

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago

Can't wait to see thousands of "children" surrendered to the care of the state, with each bankrupted cryo station costs the state thousands to keep running.