Alabama has passed a new law, so embryos are still human beings, but it's OK to kill them. Archived Message
Posted by larue33 on March 7, 2024, 10:51:59
The Republican-backed legislation, which passed both the Alabama House and Senate late Wednesday before Ivey signed it into law, aims to provide civil and criminal immunity to providers and patients for the destruction or damage to embryos. The legislation will apply retroactively.
Under the new law, “manufacturers of goods used to facilitate the in vitro process” or the “transport of stored embryos” also are provided with criminal immunity.
“The law does not nullify the Supreme Court’s analysis that says the law ought to treat embryos just like people,” Katherine Kraschel, an assistant professor at Northeastern University School of Law, told CNN on Tuesday.