Alabama Supreme Court Rules Human Embryos are Human Beings With Human Rights, by Joshua Mercer

By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews, Feb 21, 2024

LifeNews Note: Joshua Mercer writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.

Washington, DC – The Supreme Court of Alabama ruled Friday that frozen human embryos conceived in vitro fertilization (IVF) are children, with human rights under state law.

In the court’s opinion, Justice Jay Mitchell cited the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. He wrote that the state law “applies to all children, born and unborn, without limitation” and “regardless of their location.”

“It is not the role of this Court to craft a new limitation based on our own view of what is or is not wise public policy,” Mitchell stated.

“That is especially true where, as here, the People of this State have adopted a Constitutional amendment directly aimed at stopping courts from excluding ‘unborn life’ from legal protection,” he went on. …

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