@abc7chicago: Alabama's frozen embryo ruling is now having its 1st effects The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 sparked speculation about how the ruling could lead to problems with fertility care, said Greer Donley, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. "This is one of the first places that is proving that," she said. Donley expects that IVF will remain available in Alabama but embryos will not be stored there. And moving them to other states for storage will increase the cost, logistical challenges and risk associated with the procedures. "This opens up the possibility of using the child welfare laws more holistically for criminalizing doing anything that could harm the embryo," Donley said. Donley said that push could continue: "The future the anti-abortion movement wants to see is one in which fetuses have federal constitutional protections from the moment of conception." Since 2022, four states have amended their constitutions to protect access to abortion, and several others are considering ballot measures for this year. In many, the language goes beyond allowing abortion to give people rights to reproductive freedom more broadly, which could ensure access to IVF. #news #fyp #embryo #alabamaivf #ivf

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