newsinsightplus.com accidentallyaccountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore March 7, 2024 0 Comments BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAlabama enacts fast-tracked law to protect IVF servicesPublished6 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Proponents of the law say it will allow families to re-start IVF treatments that were paused after the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.By Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, WashingtonAlabama lawmakers have passed a bill to protect in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics and doctors from lawsuits and criminal prosecution. Last month, the state’s supreme court ruled that frozen embryos had the same rights as children, and people could be held liable for destroying them.At least three IVF clinics paused treatments in the wake of the ruling, which divided Alabama’s conservatives. The new law will allow the clinics to resume services. The Alabama bill had overwhelming bipartisan support on Wednesday. It passed by a vote of 81-12 in the state’s House and 29-1 in the Senate. Governor Kay Ivey, a Republican, quickly signed it into law.The measures are designed to shield IVF providers from legal action and prosecution for “damage or death of an embryo” during services. Proponents of the bill said they hoped this would allow IVF providers to re-start services. “The problem we are trying to solve right now is to get those families back on track to be moving forward as they try to have children,” state legislator Terri Collins told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. While the measure offers limited legal immunity to medical providers, it still allows – in some cases – for lawsuits to be filed against manufacturers of IVF equipment if they damage or destroy an embryo during the treatment process. ‘Fewer children will be born’: Alabama embryo ruling divides devout ChristiansWhat does Alabama ruling mean for fertility patients?The bill also did not weigh in on whether embryos can be legally classified as children. Alabama Democratic House minority leader Anthony Daniels told AL.com earlier on Wednesday that the bill did not sufficiently answer the question of whether embryos outside the womb are children. “Until that issue is addressed, it’s just putting a Band-Aid over something that requires stitches and surgery,” Mr Daniels said.The decision two weeks ago from the Supreme Court of Alabama stemmed from wrongful death lawsuits filed on behalf of three couples whose frozen embryos were accidentally destroyed at a clinic in 2020. The ruling sparked an immediate backlash, both in the southern state and nationally.With eight months to go until the US presidential election, President Joe Biden’s campaign has seized on the controversy. A Pew survey released last year found that 42% of Americans have either used IVF treatments or know someone who did. That percentage rises to 45% among middle-income Americans and 59% for those with high-incomes. 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newsinsightplus.com accidentallyaccountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore March 7, 2024 0 Comments BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAlabama enacts fast-tracked law to protect IVF servicesPublished6 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Proponents of the law say it will allow families to re-start IVF treatments that were paused after the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.By Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, WashingtonAlabama lawmakers have passed a bill to protect in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics and doctors from lawsuits and criminal prosecution. Last month, the state’s supreme court ruled that frozen embryos had the same rights as children, and people could be held liable for destroying them.At least three IVF clinics paused treatments in the wake of the ruling, which divided Alabama’s conservatives. The new law will allow the clinics to resume services. The Alabama bill had overwhelming bipartisan support on Wednesday. It passed by a vote of 81-12 in the state’s House and 29-1 in the Senate. Governor Kay Ivey, a Republican, quickly signed it into law.The measures are designed to shield IVF providers from legal action and prosecution for “damage or death of an embryo” during services. Proponents of the bill said they hoped this would allow IVF providers to re-start services. “The problem we are trying to solve right now is to get those families back on track to be moving forward as they try to have children,” state legislator Terri Collins told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. While the measure offers limited legal immunity to medical providers, it still allows – in some cases – for lawsuits to be filed against manufacturers of IVF equipment if they damage or destroy an embryo during the treatment process. ‘Fewer children will be born’: Alabama embryo ruling divides devout ChristiansWhat does Alabama ruling mean for fertility patients?The bill also did not weigh in on whether embryos can be legally classified as children. Alabama Democratic House minority leader Anthony Daniels told AL.com earlier on Wednesday that the bill did not sufficiently answer the question of whether embryos outside the womb are children. “Until that issue is addressed, it’s just putting a Band-Aid over something that requires stitches and surgery,” Mr Daniels said.The decision two weeks ago from the Supreme Court of Alabama stemmed from wrongful death lawsuits filed on behalf of three couples whose frozen embryos were accidentally destroyed at a clinic in 2020. The ruling sparked an immediate backlash, both in the southern state and nationally.With eight months to go until the US presidential election, President Joe Biden’s campaign has seized on the controversy. A Pew survey released last year found that 42% of Americans have either used IVF treatments or know someone who did. That percentage rises to 45% among middle-income Americans and 59% for those with high-incomes. Related TopicsRepublican PartyIVFAlabamaUnited StatesMore on this storyAlabama lawmakers race to protect providers of IVFPublished6 days agoAlabama’s legislature pushes to protect IVFPublished27 February’Fewer children will be born’: Alabama embryo ruling divides devout ChristiansPublished25 FebruaryTop StoriesHunt cuts National Insurance and extends child benefit as election loomsPublished5 hours agoChris Mason: No fireworks but tax cuts headache for LabourPublished2 hours ago’We know what’s coming’: East Ukraine braces for Russian advancePublished3 hours agoFeaturesChris Mason: No fireworks but tax cuts headache for LabourThe Papers: Hunt cuts NI but is told ‘Britain deserves better’The world’s largest robots are setting sail’We know what’s coming’: East Ukraine braces for Russian advanceDeath, disaster and redemption – England’s tumultuous tour of IndiaAttributionSportThe state of the union is… Americans fill in the blank. VideoThe state of the union is… Americans fill in the blank’My AI twin may get me more modelling work’Is Hugh right about Oscar films being ‘frankly too long’?How Nikki Haley battled to stay in fight against Trump. 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newsinsightplus.com 2023Top315More March 1, 2024 0 Comments BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAlabama lawmakers race to protect providers of IVFPublished33 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Supporters of IVF have lobbied Alabama lawmakers to act quickly to protect access to the fertility treatment in the stateBy Nadine YousifBBC NewsBoth chambers of Alabama’s legislature have voted to approve bills protecting doctors from prosecution if they damage or destroy an embryo created by in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The House and Senate need to vote on a unified bill before it can enter law. It follows a ruling by the state’s top court that frozen embryos have the same rights as children and people can be held liable for destroying them.The ruling created a legal headache for clinics, many of which pulled services.On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representative passed a bill to provide legal immunity “for death or damage to an embryo to any individual or entity” responsible for providing services related to IVF. Several hours later, the state’s Senate passed a similar measure. A unified bill could be put before both chambers for a vote by next Wednesday, before being sent to Gov Kay Ivey for her approval. Alabama’s legislature pushes to protect IVFWhat does Alabama ruling mean for fertility patients?Both bills come less than two weeks after the ruling by Alabama’s Supreme Court that frozen embryos are considered children, which was met with backlash by medical experts, IVF mothers and reproductive advocacy groups. It has also divided devout Christians in the state, some of whom celebrated it as “a beautiful defence of life”, while others worried it could lead to restrictions for fertility patients who want to have children. The response has sent lawmakers scrambling to protect access to fertility treatments. It has also sparked political debates on women’s reproductive rights and how the beginning of life is defined by the state. The Republican-majority House passed its bill overwhelmingly with a vote of 94-6 after nearly three hours of debate, during which some lawmakers expressed concern that it could undermine Alabama’s status as a pro-life state.Mark Gidley, a Republican representative, said he was worried the bill is a “knee-jerk reaction” to the court ruling, and that it is important the law recognise that frozen embryos are human life.Another, Ernie Yarbough, asked if it is “possible to do IVF in a pro-life way that treats embryos as children”. Others, like Democrat representative Mary Moore, disagreed with the court’s ruling and said it is important to protect IVF treatments as they help many families who otherwise could not have children.Similar debates broke out in the state’s Senate. One senator, Republican Larry Stutts, described the issue as a “moral quandary”, but noted that discarded embryos through IVF are a “small percentage” compared to the ones that are used or kept. Lawmakers also heard from women undergoing fertility treatments, one of whom testified before a House committee that she had spent nearly $400,000 (£317,000) on IVF and that she hopes that the money was not wasted.Terri Collins, a Republican representative who initially brought the House bill forward, said her aim was to “at least keep the clinics open and the families moving forward” while lawmakers work on a longer-term solution. “This solution is for opening the clinics right away, and that’s what we’re trying to do,” she said.Related TopicsFertilityRepublican PartyIVFAlabamaMore on this storyAlabama IVF row an election-year political bombshellPublished6 days ago’Fewer children will be born’: Alabama embryo ruling divides devout ChristiansPublished4 days agoFour ways the end of Roe v Wade has changed AmericaPublished24 June 2023Top StoriesLive. 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newsinsightplus.com 2023Top315More March 1, 2024 0 Comments BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAlabama lawmakers race to protect providers of IVFPublished33 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Supporters of IVF have lobbied Alabama lawmakers to act quickly to protect access to the fertility treatment in the stateBy Nadine YousifBBC NewsBoth chambers of Alabama’s legislature have voted to approve bills protecting doctors from prosecution if they damage or destroy an embryo created by in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The House and Senate need to vote on a unified bill before it can enter law. It follows a ruling by the state’s top court that frozen embryos have the same rights as children and people can be held liable for destroying them.The ruling created a legal headache for clinics, many of which pulled services.On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representative passed a bill to provide legal immunity “for death or damage to an embryo to any individual or entity” responsible for providing services related to IVF. Several hours later, the state’s Senate passed a similar measure. A unified bill could be put before both chambers for a vote by next Wednesday, before being sent to Gov Kay Ivey for her approval. Alabama’s legislature pushes to protect IVFWhat does Alabama ruling mean for fertility patients?Both bills come less than two weeks after the ruling by Alabama’s Supreme Court that frozen embryos are considered children, which was met with backlash by medical experts, IVF mothers and reproductive advocacy groups. It has also divided devout Christians in the state, some of whom celebrated it as “a beautiful defence of life”, while others worried it could lead to restrictions for fertility patients who want to have children. The response has sent lawmakers scrambling to protect access to fertility treatments. It has also sparked political debates on women’s reproductive rights and how the beginning of life is defined by the state. The Republican-majority House passed its bill overwhelmingly with a vote of 94-6 after nearly three hours of debate, during which some lawmakers expressed concern that it could undermine Alabama’s status as a pro-life state.Mark Gidley, a Republican representative, said he was worried the bill is a “knee-jerk reaction” to the court ruling, and that it is important the law recognise that frozen embryos are human life.Another, Ernie Yarbough, asked if it is “possible to do IVF in a pro-life way that treats embryos as children”. Others, like Democrat representative Mary Moore, disagreed with the court’s ruling and said it is important to protect IVF treatments as they help many families who otherwise could not have children.Similar debates broke out in the state’s Senate. One senator, Republican Larry Stutts, described the issue as a “moral quandary”, but noted that discarded embryos through IVF are a “small percentage” compared to the ones that are used or kept. Lawmakers also heard from women undergoing fertility treatments, one of whom testified before a House committee that she had spent nearly $400,000 (£317,000) on IVF and that she hopes that the money was not wasted.Terri Collins, a Republican representative who initially brought the House bill forward, said her aim was to “at least keep the clinics open and the families moving forward” while lawmakers work on a longer-term solution. “This solution is for opening the clinics right away, and that’s what we’re trying to do,” she said.Related TopicsFertilityRepublican PartyIVFAlabamaMore on this storyAlabama IVF row an election-year political bombshellPublished6 days ago’Fewer children will be born’: Alabama embryo ruling divides devout ChristiansPublished4 days agoFour ways the end of Roe v Wade has changed AmericaPublished24 June 2023Top StoriesLive. Counting begins after polls close in Rochdale by-electionMore than 100 reported killed in crowd near Gaza aid convoyPublished5 hours agoSarah Everard killer should never have been police officer, says inquiryPublished7 hours agoFeaturesAnalysis: A royal dilemma as public curiosity over Kate growsChecking Israel’s claim to have killed 10,000 Hamas fightersMore than 30,000 killed in Gaza, health ministry saysWatch: Hairy Biker Dave Myers rides on to Ready Steady Cook. VideoWatch: Hairy Biker Dave Myers rides on to Ready Steady CookListen: Sadiq Khan on Sarah Everard Murder + Islamophobia. AudioListen: Sadiq Khan on Sarah Everard Murder + IslamophobiaAttributionSounds’No hearse’ for Navalny as family prepares funeralUK asylum backlog falls with record approvalsPostcode check: How’s the NHS coping in your area?What are assisted dying, assisted suicide and euthanasia?Elsewhere on the BBCWhat is it really like to be a monk?’To be a monk is something very vast, very high and very beautiful’AttributioniPlayer’We have built the world, perhaps inadvertently, for men’Philanthropist Melinda French Gates on what she’s learned from her life so farAttributionSoundsFrom the largest ship to disasters on deck…A closer look at times when cruise ships have caused commotionAttributioniPlayerThe screening dilemma…Could good intentions to detect illnesses early actually be causing more harm?AttributionSoundsMost Read1Analysis: A royal dilemma as public curiosity over Kate grows2Dave Myers’ wife remembers ‘wonderful, brave man’3’No hearse’ for Navalny as family prepares funeral4TikTok singer Cat Janice dies of cancer, aged 315More than 100 reported killed in crowd near Gaza aid convoy6At least 43 dead in Bangladesh building fire7Airport borders not working properly, report found8MP Julian Knight will face no criminal charges9Sarah killer should not have been in Met – inquiry10Horner reiterates denial after alleged messages leakAttributionSport [ad_1] It follows a ruling by the state’s top court that frozen embryos are considered children. 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