New Delhi, March 7 -- Alabama governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed legislation into law which will protect in vitro fertilisation providers from potential legal liability after the state's apex court ruling equated frozen embryos to children.The Alabama Supreme Court ruling was based on civil liabilities for clinics and prompted an outcry from patients as well as other groups and forced three major IVF providers to pause services.
"I am pleased to sign this important, short-term measure into law so that couples in Alabama hoping and praying to be parents can grow their families through IVF," Ivey said.Republican Senator Tim Melson, who sponsored the bill, said he was "just elated to get these ladies back on schedule".The new law will prot...