The Alabama Decision on Embryos

The Alabama Supreme Court decision on in vitro fertilization is an unqualified victory for those who believe that the child, not a financially driven fertility industry, should be the primary concern in IVF and cryopreservation. Justice Greg Cook, the only dissenter, argued that such a ruling “will have disastrous consequences for the in vitro fertilization industry in Alabama.” This suggests that the right to destroy embryos, either willfully or through neglect, is central to the practice of IVF itself. The ability to destroy human embryos might be the easiest way...