Alabama House Attempts To Reverse Course on IVF Ruling Dogging GOP Lawmakers Across the Country

The Alabama House passed a measure that would grant doctors criminal and civil immunity for the potential destruction of embryos.

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Elizabeth Goldman holds a photo of her daughter, Zari Grace, as she tells her story to Secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, who hosted a panel discussion with families directly affected by the Alabama Supreme Court Court decision Tuesday. AP/Butch Dill

Alabama is reversing course on in-vitro fertilization treatment, with the GOP controlled House voting to protect doctors from civil and criminal penalties just weeks after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally people.

Earlier in February, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in an eight to one decision, in which Chief Justice Tom Parker invoked the “wrath of a holy God” that frozen embryos are considered children in the state of Alabama.

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