They Called the Freezer a Nursery

In LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine (Feb 2024), the Alabama Supreme Court held that frozen embryos are children under the state's Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. Within days, three of Alabama's largest IVF providers halted treatment — the ruling protected no embryo and shut down the medicine that creates them.

Yamicia Connor, MD, PhD, MPH · July 24, 2026