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Victoria Bekiempis in New York and agencies

Alabama law protecting IVF met with both relief and concern: ‘There is more work to be done’

a woman holds a sign that says ivf made me a mom with a group of people around her
A protest rally for IVF legislation on 28 February 2024 in Montgomery, Alabama. Photograph: Mickey Welsh/AP

Alabama’s swift passage of a law on Wednesday night that protects in vitro fertilization providers from liability was greeted by relief – and some concern – as treatments were expected to resume on Thursday following the state supreme court’s shock decision last month that equated frozen embryos to children, halting many IVF services.

After the new law was passed reproductive rights advocates called for more to be done to protect reproductive health.

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