April 1, 2024
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
In February of 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an unprecedented decision, finding that frozen embryos should be treated as children under Alabama’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. Consequently, the court held, those who destroy the embryos can be held liable for wrongful death.
In this workshop, the speakers will first review the parameters of the Alabama decision. They will then address the relationship between the Alabama decision and the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned the fundamental right to an abortion. In Dobbs, the Supreme Court returned the issue of abortion to the states, while recognizing the state’s legitimate interest in preserving “prenatal life at all stages of development,“ without regard to whether that life exists in utero or not. The Alabama decision provides more context about the reach of the Dobbs decision.
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