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Veronica Wehby-Upchurch holds a sign and son Ladner Upchurch as hundreds gather for a protest rally for in vitro fertilization legislation Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama lawmakers, who face public pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted, are nearing approval of immunity legislation to shield providers from the fall out of a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Legislative committees on Tuesday, March 5, will debate the bills that would protect clinics from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the “damage or death of an embryo” during IVF services. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)

Alabama lawmakers pass legislation to protect IVF providers; governor expected to sign it into law

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey speaks to supporters after the Republicans' reelection victory, Nov. 8, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. Ivey begins her second full term on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 with her inauguration. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Alabama governor signs legislation protecting IVF providers from legal liability into law

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

A container with frozen embryos and sperm stored in liquid nitrogen is removed at a fertility clinic in Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. 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. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Embryos considered invaluable one minute, ‘medical waste’ the next

By Emily Berning – Special to Higher Ground

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Alabama IVF ruling: Is a frozen embryo a person?

By Dr. Robert J. Pacienza – Special to Higher Ground

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker speaks on the steps of the state judicial building on April 5, 2006, in Montgomery, Ala. When the court ruled that frozen embryos are children, its Chief Justice Parker made explicit use of Christian theology to justify the court's decision in his concurrence, where his language echoed the broader anti-abortion movement. (AP Photo/Jamie Martin, File)

Bible-quoting Alabama chief justice sparks church-state debate in embryo ruling

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The exterior of the Alabama Supreme Court building in Montgomery, Ala., is shown Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. 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. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Police tape and barricades line the plaza of the Alabama Judicial Building in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003. he Alabama Supreme Court has 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. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’ under state law

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

An embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013. The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos are children in a wrongful death lawsuit over the destruction of several frozen embryos. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Alabama Supreme Court rules embryos are children under Wrongful Death of a Minor Act

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Alabama court clears way for suit over Texas woman’s death

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Alabama court refuses to reinstate man’s suit over abortion

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Potato chip heiress wins back control of fortune

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Judge says Alabama judicial elections don’t discriminate

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Sen. Doug Jones is considered the most vulnerable senator since he won the 2017 Alabama special election against Republican Roy Moore. (Associated Press Photographs)

Doug Jones tied to Chuck Schumer, Trump impeachment

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Sen. Doug Jones is considered the most vulnerable senator since he won the 2017 Alabama special election against Republican Roy Moore. (Associated Press Photographs)

Alabama GOP ties Dough Jones to Democratic Party leadership with impeachment trial votes

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, men walk past a Confederate monument in Linn Park in downtown Birmingham, Ala. The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, upheld a state law barring cities from moving, or altering, Confederate monuments. Justices on Wednesday reversed a circuit judge’s ruling that declared the law unenforceable because it violated the free speech rights of local communities. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)

Top Alabama court upholds Confederate monument protections

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, right, leaves the Alabama Supreme Court in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. An attorney for former Hubbard is asking the Alabama Supreme Court to overturn his 2016 conviction on ethics charges/Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Former Alabama speaker asks court to overturn conviction

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Court to hear arguments in former House speaker ethics case

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State Supreme Court to review Hubbard conviction

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Supreme Court sides with AEA in insurance case

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Court refuses Alabama officer’s immunity claim in killing

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press