Extrauterine children

In a case originating from Mobile, LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Clinic, Inc., the [Alabama] Supreme Court held in a 7-2 decision that parents of frozen embryos killed at an IVF clinic when an intruder tampered with an IVF freezer may proceed with a wrongful death lawsuit against the clinic for alleged negligence.

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[T]he defendants and their amicus devote large portions of their briefs to emphasizing undesirable public-policy outcomes that, they say, will arise if this Court does not create an exception to wrongful-death liability for extrauterine children.

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On appeal, the Supreme Court has now reversed the trial court and held that a human frozen embryo is a “child,” which is “an unborn or recently born person,” within the plain meaning of the Act and under prior judicial decisions recognizing that unborn children are protected by Alabama law.

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That life is sacred because every human being is made in the image of God, noted Chief Justice Parker, and the People chose to make that a clear matter of constitutional law. As to the effect of the Sanctity of Life Amendment, Chief Justice Parker reasoned that it “does much more than simply declare a moral value that the People of Alabama like. Instead, this constitutional provision tilts the scales of the law in favor of protecting unborn life.”

  1819 News

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 02/22/2024:

And what did those IVF clinics do with the frozen embryos they already have?  "Dear Mr. and Mrs. Doe, We are closing our clinic; come pick up your children."

UPDATE 02/22/2024:

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UPDATE 02/24/2024:

If corporations are people, why not embryos?

UPDATE 02/25/2024:

UPDATE 03/07/2024: