LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Association: Alabama Wrongful Death of a Minor Statute Applies to Cryogenically Preserved Embryos

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Carole M. Bass and Cara Koss co-authored this article.

The authors have long raised as an issue the impact personhood legislation could have on assisted reproduction and, by extension, on estate and trust administration where cryogenically preserved embryos are implicated. Enter the Alabama Supreme Court and its recent decision in LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Association, which highlights the impact personhood legislation and the personhood movement can have in this context.

Originally published by Leimberg Information Services, Inc. - February 28, 2024.

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