February 22, 2024 Alabama providers suspend IVF treatments after state court’s ruling as fertility experts weigh in A decision handed down by the Alabama Supreme Court has led to a halt in IVF services at some locations and a flurry of protests from providers in the fertility space.
February 22, 2024 President Biden blasts Alabama Supreme Court ruling on frozen embryos: 'Outrageous and unacceptable' In light of an Alabama Supreme Court decision, President Biden said that the ruling that frozen embryos are considered human is "unacceptable and outrageous."
February 21, 2024 Alabama pushes to use controversial nitrogen gas method in second execution Alabama is seeking to execute its second inmate on death row, Alan Eugene Miller, with nitrogen gas after the execution of Kenneth Smith on January 25.
February 21, 2024 Dem House candidate was once convicted after prostitution sting, but his story doesn't match police records Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels Jr., a Democrat seeking to represent the state's new 2nd Congressional District, was arrested for soliciting prostitution in 1999
February 21, 2024 Alabama lawmakers seek to define man and woman based on sperm and ova production Alabama legislation is advancing in the House Wednesday to strictly define male and female based on reproductive systems. LGBT activists are against the bill.
February 21, 2024 University of Alabama at Birmingham pauses in vitro fertilization following state Supreme Court embryo ruling The University of Alabama at Birmingham stopped in vitro fertilization procedures after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos have the same legal status as children.
February 21, 2024 Alabama frozen embryo ruling will limit fertility treatment access, critics say The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos created during fertility treatments are children under state law. Critics said this risks limiting fertility treatments in the state.
February 20, 2024 Alabama Supreme Court rules couples can sue for wrongful death after embryos were dropped The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children. This allows couples to sue over the death of their unborn children after their embryos were destroyed.
February 20, 2024 Original murder case dropped against inmate whose escape left jail guard accomplice dead Former Alabama jailbreaker Casey White, whose 11-day manhunt left his corrections officer accomplice dead, is no longer the suspect in Connie Ridgeway's murder.
February 19, 2024 Alabama drive-by shooting leaves 4 dead, police say Dozens of shots were fired outside a Birmingham home in an Alabama drive-by shooting that left four men dead. No one has yet been arrested.