‘Outrageous and unacceptable’: Biden and Harris decry Alabama court ruling on IVF

President and vice-president speak out against ruling while Haley attempts to retract comments on embryos being babies

The decision of the Alabama supreme court on in vitro fertilization, granting legal protections to frozen fertilized eggs, drew fire from President Joe Biden and other Democratic leaders on Thursday, laying responsibility for the decision on the US supreme court's ruling overturning Roe v Wade in 2022.

A court in Alabama put access to some fertility treatments at risk for families who are desperately trying to get pregnant," Biden said in prepared remarks Thursday. The disregard for women's ability to make these decisions for themselves and their families is outrageous and unacceptable."