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The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos are “children,” with potentially far-reaching implications for fertility clinics and in-vitro fertilization. The ruling appeared to be based on an extremely literal interpretation of the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, which the majority opinion called “sweeping and unqualified,” thus applying to “all children, born and unborn, without limitation.” The lack of limitation extends to the “location” of the unborn children, the justices said, meaning it does not matter whether the embryo in question is inside or outside a womb. Alabama’s const…