After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen human embryos, engendered in fertility labs, are human beings with a right to life, panic was stirred up that the ruling would endanger the practice of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
So the Alabama state legislature, dominated by Republicans, swiftly passed a measure granting immunity to IVF providers if they damage or destroy any of the many human embryos they routinely generate.
Other Republican politicians, for all of their pro-life reputations, are also rallying behind the IVF cause. They say that helping mothers have a baby is being pro-life, despite what happens to the extras. But they clearly fear a political backlash if they oppose the popular medical procedure.
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