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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Arwa Mahdawi

Anti-abortion extremists in the US are waging a holy war against women

‘While the Alabama decision is unprecedented and shocking, it’s far from surprising.’
‘While the Alabama decision is unprecedented and shocking, it’s far from surprising.’ Photograph: Christopher Aluka Berry/Reuters

The holy war on IVF

Friends, Romans, frozen extrauterine children, lend me your ears. Except for the extrauterine children, that is – they obviously don’t have ears. Nor do they have fully formed brains, nervous systems or organs. Nevertheless, according to Alabama’s supreme court – in a decision which has which paved the way for two wrongful death suits to proceed against a fertility clinic – frozen embryos are “children” and should be treated as such.

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