Alabama Supreme Court Declines to Revisit IVF Ruling

In a 7–2 decision, the justices rejected a request to revisit the ruling without comment. 
Alabama Supreme Court Declines to Revisit IVF Ruling
An embryologist shows an ovocyte after it was inseminated at the Virginia Center for Reproductive Medicine, in Reston, Va., on June 12, 2019. Ivan Couronne/AFP via Getty Images
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The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday declined to rehear its landmark ruling finding that embryos kept outside the uterus are children and are thus covered under wrongful death laws.

In a 7–2 decision, the justices rejected a request to revisit the ruling without comment. Justices William Sellers and Greg Cook dissented, with Justice Sellers writing the dissenting opinion.