Bayan
02-26-2024, 10:50 AM
A surprise ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court has halted fertility treatments across the state and sent a shock wave through the world of reproductive health.
Azeen Ghorayshi, who covers sex, gender, and science for The Times, explains what the court case means for reproductive health and a patient in Alabama explains what it is like navigating the fallout.
Guests: Azeen Ghorayshi (https://www.nytimes.com/by/azeen-ghorayshi?smid=pc-thedaily), who covers sex, gender and science for The New York Times; and Meghan S. Cole, who is in the final stages of IVF treatment in Alabama.
Background reading:
Alabama ruled frozen embryos are children, raising questions about fertility care (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/health/ivf-alabama-abortion.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
Fertility clinics are routinely sued by patients for errors that destroy embryos, as happened in Alabama. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/health/fertility-clinics-embryos-alabama.html)An effort to define them legally as “unborn children” has raised the stakes (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/health/fertility-clinics-embryos-alabama.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)
Azeen Ghorayshi, who covers sex, gender, and science for The Times, explains what the court case means for reproductive health and a patient in Alabama explains what it is like navigating the fallout.
Guests: Azeen Ghorayshi (https://www.nytimes.com/by/azeen-ghorayshi?smid=pc-thedaily), who covers sex, gender and science for The New York Times; and Meghan S. Cole, who is in the final stages of IVF treatment in Alabama.
Background reading:
Alabama ruled frozen embryos are children, raising questions about fertility care (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/health/ivf-alabama-abortion.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
Fertility clinics are routinely sued by patients for errors that destroy embryos, as happened in Alabama. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/health/fertility-clinics-embryos-alabama.html)An effort to define them legally as “unborn children” has raised the stakes (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/health/fertility-clinics-embryos-alabama.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)