# Alabama declares frozen embryos to be children

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**Created:** [February 21, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-declares-frozen-embryos-to-be-children/997883 "2024-02-21T14:11:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-declares-frozen-embryos-to-be-children/997883/102 "2024-02-23T16:14:17Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> Sorry, confused… why would egg retrieval be illegal under the new Alabama ruling?

After egg retrieval comes fertilization. As part of fertilization a number of poor quality embryos are created, and discarded. The doctors we used would only insert “A” or “A-” embryos if memory serves. Also, the number of quality embryos that are created are sometimes greater than a family would want inserted (ignoring that is how we ended up with Octomom a number of years ago). These are the embryos that the Alabama decision seems to prohibit from being destroyed.

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