LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine
2024 Alabama Supreme Court case concerning in vitro fertilization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James LePage, et al. v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Mobile Infirmary Association[lower-alpha 1] is a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court case in which the court held that frozen embryos should be considered as living beings, allowing for in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics to be held liable for the accidental loss of embryos under Alabama's Wrongful Death of a Minor law.
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Court | Supreme Court of Alabama |
Full case name | James LePage, Emily LePage, William Tripp Fonde, and Caroline Fonde v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine, P.C. and Mobile Infirmary Association d/b/a Mobile Infirmary Medical Center |
Verdict | 8-1[1] |
Citation(s) | SC-2022-0515 |
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The ruling was highly criticized from political speakers on both sides of the spectrum, particularly in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court two years earlier. Several IVF clinics in the state suspended operations following the ruling.