Justices Pass on Alabama’s in Vitro Fertilization Ruling (1)

An Alabama Supreme Court ruling allowing patients to sue in vitro fertilization providers for wrongfully destroying embryos will stand after the US Supreme Court announced Monday that it is declining to review the case.

The state high court’s February decision that human life begins at fertilization and that unborn children are people for purposes of the state’s wrongful death law, regardless of viability, was greeted with jeers and cheers when it first announced. Reproductive rights advocates called it an extreme ruling that opened the door to groups pushing the fetal personhood argument, while anti-abortion advocates praised it as a victory ...