Alabama Supreme Court judge who concurred with controversial IVF ruling wins chief justice primary
State Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart is running against a former state senator for the GOP nomination to replace the current chief justice, Tom Parker, who wrote the decision.
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart, who concurred with the conservative court's controversial ruling equating frozen embryos with children, won the Republican primary Tuesday for state Supreme Court chief justice.
Stewart defeated former Republican state Sen. Bryan Taylor, the Associated Press projected.
The down-ballot race in ruby-red Alabama quickly took on increased importance amid the national uproar over the court’s ruling last month that created widespread effects on IVF care in the state.
That ruling prompted several IVF clinics in the state to halt their services and sparked broader concerns that anti-abortion-rights lawmakers could go after the medical procedure elsewhere.
The current chief justice, Tom Parker, wrote the majority decision, which drew heavily on theology, even citing the book of Genesis.
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