Embryo development begins with fertilisation of the ovum and proceeds through successive cleavage divisions, compaction into a morula, and differentiation into a blastocyst. At the blastocyst stage, ...

The Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created during in-vitro fertilization are legally protected like any other child sent panic through medical communities. Now, doctors are aiming to clear ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system is pausing in vitro fertilization treatments so it can evaluate potential consequences for giving treatment after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled ...

Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled in February that frozen embryos from in vitro fertilization (IVF) are considered “unborn children.” The decision allowed for lawsuits when the loss of an embryo was ...

An embryo is one of the earliest stages of development of a multicellular organism. But according to the Supreme Court of Alabama, it is a person, too — an unborn child, entitled to the same legal ...

In a statement posted to its Facebook page, Alabama Fertility Specialists announced it was pausing IVF treatments due to the “legal risk to our clinic and our embryologists”—though it is unclear ...

For 47-year-old Erin Millender, this will likely be her last chance to become a mother. Her husband no longer wants to have a ...

Tiffany Score and Steven Mills sued the Fertility Center of Orlando after the birth of a baby who isn’t genetically related to either of them.