Ivf Embryos

Fight for Alabama Families presented U.S. Senator Katie Britt with its Pro-Family Champion Award in Washington, D.C., recognizing her efforts to protect access to IVF in Alabama and nationwide following the Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 embryo ruling.

The Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 IVF decision extended personhood to human embryos for the purpose of a 'Wrongful Death of a Minor' lawsuit, bringing IVF, surrogacy, and infertility issues to the forefront of national discussion. As political parties positioned themselves as 'pro-parent, pro-IVF,' many evangelicals began to reconsider their views on these topics, questioning the assumption that IVF is inherently pro-life because it creates life.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on February 16, 2024, that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are legally recognized as children, a decision that has sparked significant debate about the ethics of IVF practices. This ruling directly impacts Alabama by affirming embryo personhood within the state, potentially influencing IVF procedures and abortion laws locally.

The appropriate, pro-life response to the Alabama ruling is not to gut Louisiana’s IVF laws. Rather, it is to recognize that ultimately, it is up to the industry to avoid another “Alabama situation” by maintaining standards that would have prevented the events that led to the Court case in the first place, and to reinforce those standards through legislative action that establishes, maintains, and reinforces accountability. Sen. Pressly’s bill does the opposite.