Alabama Hospital Pauses IVF Treatments

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children. The University of Alabama at Birmingham said in a statement Wednesday that its UAB Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility has paused the treatments “as it evaluates the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision.” The ruling by the all-Republican Alabama Supreme Court prompted a wave of concern about the future of IVF treatments in the state.