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Alabama Supreme Court IVF Ruling Renews Focus on Plastics, Chemical Exposure and Infertility
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are making it harder for people to reproduce, driving some toward in vitro fertilization. Now, they are threatened by Republican and anti-abortion politics.
By James Bruggers, Lee Hedgepeth
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The politically explosive Alabama Supreme Court decision that found frozen embryos could be considered children has focused national attention on assisted-reproduction services that are needed in part because human exposure to chemicals makes it harder for people to have babies.
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