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    'We don't know where we stand': IVF in Texas is on shaky ground

    By Toluwani Osibamowo KERA News,

    26 days ago
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    Lab staff use a microscope stand and articulated hand controls to extract cells from 1-7-day-old embryos, shown on the monitor at right, that are then checked for viability at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab in Houston. Michael Wyke/AP

    By staying silent on a Denton couple’s divorce dispute over how to decide who should own the embryos they created via in vitro fertilization, the Texas Supreme Court left a lower court’s decision in place: Frozen embryos aren’t legally children.

    Anti-abortion groups say it doesn’t matter what side of the uterine wall an embryo is on — it’s still a person. That’s the same conclusion the Alabama Supreme Court came to in its February ruling that drew some criticism and concern over IVF access in that state.

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    State Rep. Mihaela Plesa, D-Plano, talks about family planning and the importance of protecting in vitro fertilization in her office in Plano. Plesa is authoring a petition to protect IVF in Texas. Yfat Yossifor/KERA
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