President Biden on Thursday denounced the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that says frozen embryos are considered human beings.
“Today in 2024, women in America are being kept away from emergency rooms and forced to travel hundreds of miles for medical care, while doctors are being prosecuted for performing abortions,” Biden’s office said. “They are afraid of becoming vulnerable,” Biden’s office said. announced in a statement.
The statement continued, “And now an Alabama court is jeopardizing access to fertility treatment for some families desperately trying to conceive.”
“Disregarding women’s ability to make these decisions for themselves and their families is outrageous and unacceptable.”
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, but critics say the decision will have a major impact on fertility treatments in the state. He pointed out that there is a possibility of giving.
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This decision was issued in A pair of wrongful death cases Three couples brought in their frozen embryos whose frozen embryos were destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic.
Exterior view of the Alabama Supreme Court building in Montgomery, Alabama. Tuesday, February 20, 2024. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday, February 16, 2024, that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. Critics of the ruling party said it could have far-reaching implications for infertility treatment. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)
The plaintiffs in the Alabama case underwent IVF treatment, which resulted in the formation of several embryos, some of which were implanted and resulted in healthy births. The couple paid for another person to be frozen in the Mobile Clinic Medical Center’s storage facility.
The justices cited anti-abortion language in the Alabama Constitution, saying that an 1872 state law that allowed parents to sue over the death of a minor child “protects all unborn children, regardless of where they live. Applicable.”
“A fetus is a ‘child,’ without exception based on stage of development, physical location, or other incidental characteristics,” Justice Jay Mitchell wrote in Friday’s majority decision by the all-Republican court.
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The Alabama Supreme Court’s decision hinges in part on anti-abortion language added to the Alabama Constitution in 2018, which states that abortion is “a state policy to ensure the protection of the rights of the unborn child.” Stated.
A year ago, abortion rights demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade. (Photographer: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In 2022, the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, giving states control over access to abortion, effectively ending the Constitution’s recognition of the right to abortion, and giving individual states full license to perform abortions. , restrict, or prohibit.
“Make no mistake, this is a direct result of Roe v. Wade’s Ace Attorney,” Biden’s office said in a statement.
President Biden said he and Vice President Kamala Harris are “fighting” for women’s reproductive rights in light of the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision on frozen embryo death. (Getty Images)
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Biden went on to explain that he and Vice President Kamala Harris are “fighting” for women’s reproductive rights.
“My message is this: The Vice President and I are fighting for your rights. We are fighting for women’s freedom, our families, and the doctors who care for them. And we won’t stop until we restore protections for women.” Roe v. Wade “It’s mandated by federal law for all women in all states,” he said.
In addition, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Alabama decision reflects the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, saying that Republican elected officials should not be concerned about women’s reproductive health or emergency care. accused of obstructing access.
The Associated Press and Kelly Laco contributed to this report.
