Alabama Republican Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill Wednesday protecting IVF treatments from the state Supreme Court’s broad decision saying fertilized embryos are people and thereby exposing fertility clinics to possible charges of abuse and manslaughter, CNN reports.
The new law, however, doesn’t address the central issue of the court’s decision, the legal issue of personhood for fetuses, something sought by conservative anti-choice activists. The legislation flew through both the state house and Senate on Wednesday before landing on Ivey’s desk. Speed became an issue because fertility treatments are limited to the patients’ individual needs.