A couple has reached an agreement with their daughter's biological parents after an alleged embryo mix-up at a Florida fertility clinic.
Meanwhile, births continued to shift to older mothers.
Alabama has a new law protecting in vitro fertilization providers from legal liability.
Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked quick passage of a bill on Wednesday afternoon that would have enshrined protections for in vitro fertilization and for the doctors who perform the procedure.
Alabama House Democrats introduced a bill Thursday that would establish that fertilized human eggs stored outside of a uterus are not considered human beings under state law.
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled to legally recognize frozen embryos as children.