The Alabama Embryo Decision-The Politics and Reality of Recognizing "Extrauterine Children"

Rebecca S Feinberg; Michael S Sinha; I Glenn Cohen

doi:10.1001/jama.2024.3559

The Alabama Embryo Decision-The Politics and Reality of Recognizing "Extrauterine Children"

JAMA. 2024 Apr 2;331(13):1083-1084. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.3559.

Authors

Rebecca S Feinberg^{1

2}, Michael S Sinha³, I Glenn Cohen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law School, Central Islip, New York.
² New York Medical College, Valhalla.
³ Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, St Louis, Missouri.
⁴ Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

PMID: 38436995
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.3559

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the Alabama Supreme Court’s opinion on in vitro fertilization and how it plays into a larger push for fetal and embryonic personhood.

MeSH terms

Alabama
Child
Embryonic Structures
Humans
Politics*
Reproductive Rights* / legislation & jurisprudence
United States