Chief Justice Tom Parker also added “Even before birth, all human beings have the image of God, and their lives cannot be destroyed without effacing his glory,” citing personal religious beliefs in the ruling.
The case came to light because a patient mistakenly dropped another couple’s frozen embryo and could be held liable for the wrongful death of a minor — with the ruling from the court being that they are.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System has now paused in vitro fertilization treatment (IVF); anything after the fertilization of the egg is currently at a halt, limiting couples attempting to conceive invaluable access to the most advanced assisted reproductive technology (ART) available to date.