Lexology May 21, 2024
New, or newly interpreted, state laws and court decisions governing abortion may directly affect access to medical care and treatment for patients who are, or who want to become, pregnant. They also have potential implications for researchers and manufacturers who use embryonic stem cells and cell lines to develop new therapies. Not only do state laws and court opinions that grant “personhood” to in vitro embryos threaten the availability of IVF for patients, they could also effectively prohibit the use of these cells for research. Below we summarize some of these important, novel state rules, considering the potential impact on research with embryonic stem cells.
Many Americans have been following the implementation and enforcement of new state laws and new...
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