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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).<\/p>\n

So the Alabama state legislature, dominated by Republicans, swiftly passed a measure granting immunity to IVF providers<\/a> if they damage or destroy any of the many human embryos they routinely generate.<\/p>\n

Other Republican politicians, for all of their pro-life reputations, are also rallying behind the IVF cause.\u00a0 They say that helping mothers have a baby is being pro-life, despite what happens to the extras.\u00a0 But they clearly fear a political backlash if they oppose the popular medical procedure.<\/p>\n

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Now pro-life organizations are striking back, running ads against politicians they once supported, saying the Republican laws to protect IVF clinics, which other states are now considering, amount to a \u201clicense to kill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read this<\/a> for a survey of the controversy.<\/p>\n

So what do you think?\u00a0 What constitutes being \u201cpro-life\u201d in a situation like this?\u00a0 Should politicians take a prudential position on this issue if it would affect their re-election?\u00a0 How should pro-lifers promote their cause in what seems like an increasingly anti-life climate?<\/p>\n

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