The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a bid by an Alabama fertility clinic to avoid a wrongful death claim in a civil lawsuit over the destruction of a couple's frozen embryo in a case that ...

The high court’s decision not to take up the case also means the U.S. Supreme Court, at least for now, will not take up the question of whether frozen embryos used in IVF are legally children ...

Meghan Cole was looking forward to Friday this week because her surrogate was finally scheduled for an embryo transfer. Then she received "devastating" news.

Meghan Cole was looking forward to Friday this week because her surrogate was finally scheduled for an embryo transfer. Then she received "devastating" news.

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Alabama lawmakers are moving to approve measures to protect in vitro fertilization clinics from lawsuits in response to last month's state Supreme Court ruling.

In February 2024, the court ruled that for purposes of Alabama’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, frozen embryos held in storage by IVF clinics had the legal status of unborn children.