The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling that embryos created using in-vitro-fertilization (IVF) are legally equivalent to people has caused absolute chaos as healthcare providers try to figure out the implications of this new legal status quo. It’s potentially massive and unsettling, as John Oliver pointed out the core absurdity on …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update went after former President Donald Trump‘s wild campaign rhetoric, as well as the Alabama Supreme Court ruling this week that frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are human beings. Co-anchor Colin Jost began by quipping that, after Trump won the South Carolina primary earlier …
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Even though Gov. Greg Abbott openly admitted he knows very little about in-vitro fertilization (IVF), he signaled he is eager for his state of Texas to put its “pro-life” stamp on the issue after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that IVF embryos are “extrauterine children” and should be treated as …
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When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June of 2022 — destroying the constitutional right to abortion access — conservative Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion that the court should also reconsider previous rulings that established the right to contraception. Less than a month later, all …
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A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling declaring fertilized embryos as “extrauterine children” is already impacting fertility clinics across the state, with one of the largest hospitals temporarily ceasing in-vitro fertilization treatments. The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s health system said Wednesday that it is pausing IVF treatments in the wake …
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This week, comedian Heather McMahan’s first comedy special Son I Never Had debuted on Netflix and according to McMahan, it all started with an edible and a vision board. A few years back, McMahan says she was hungover on New Year’s Day and as corny as it might sound, she …
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