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Alabama’s supreme court ruled embryos are ‘extrauterine children’. IVF patients are worried | Alabama | The Guardian

Patients keep reaching out to the Alabama clinic where Dr Mamie McLean works with a version of the same question: can we still become parents safely?

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Alabama supreme court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’
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“They’re worried about what to do with their frozen embryos. They want to be the ones who make the decisions on how best to utilize their embryos – not the supreme court,” said McLean, who provides IVF as part of her work as an OB-GYN at Alabama Fertility, which has three locations in the state. McLean said she has spoken to more than a dozen of her patients over the last 48 hours, but: “Frankly, because of the lack of guidance, we don’t we don’t know exactly how this translates to our care.”

Source: Alabama’s supreme court ruled embryos are ‘extrauterine children’. IVF patients are worried | Alabama | The Guardian