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Molly Butler / Media Matters
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Legislation may not be enough to allow IVF clinics to resume operation in Alabama. You might not know that from mainstream news coverage.
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After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos created during in vitro fertilization are “extrauterine children” and many fertility clinics in the state elected to pause IVF treatments, bills intended to protect IVF have overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the Alabama legislature. But in their reporting on the bills, mainstream news outlets covering the legislation have repeatedly omitted crucial details, including that the bills seem to conflict with the Alabama Constitution.