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What does Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling on embryos mean for Mississippi?
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under their state law – but what could that mean for you in Mississippi?
“It actually is counter to trying to help people have a family,” Dr. Randall Hines explained.
Dr. Randall Hines says in vitro fertilization or IVF specialists like he and his team, have one goal every day.
“We are about helping people have families, we think it’s one of the most important things in the world. And we’re doing everything we can to do that safely and effectively,” Dr. Hines said.
After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under their state law, patients could be at risk.
“The Alabama ruling would put us back into the 1970s in the way that we did in fertility care back then. You would have to obtain one egg, one sperm, and hopefully create an embryo – which wouldn’t happen in every case,” Dr. Hines said. “Then once you had an embryo, you would transfer that one embryo and if it failed, you’d start the whole process over.”
Now, freezing allows clinics to extract multiple embryos during one procedure and use them as needed by the patient.
According to a recent survey, four in ten adults say they have used fertility treatments or personally know someone who has. That number could decrease if costs go up.
“There would be repeated failures, patients would go through repeated procedures, it would be incredibly expensive and painful for the patient,” Dr. Hines explained.
With Alabama changing the landscape for how IVF is discussed – could Mississippi have a similar fate ahead? Dr. Hines doesn’t believe so.
“In 2011, there was a constitutional amendment in Mississippi, that would declare an embryo, a person. In the early days, that amendment was favored by a large percentage of people in polling. But when it came time to voting people soundly defeated that, because people became educated on what the implications of that would be for your sister, your daughter, your granddaughter, so forth, and so on,” Dr. Hines said.
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SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WALA) – The YMCA of South Alabama held a Healthy Kids Day at Spanish Fort Town Center Park.
Saturday’s event featured games and demonstrations, along with interactive activities featuring police and fire vehicles.
“I think just seeing so many organizations come together that serve kids, and just seeing kids have fun,” said Gwen Summer, CEO of the YMCA of South Alabama.
Marissa Rennaker, director of development for the YMCA of South Alabama, said the event exposed children to new activities.
“I think it’s been seeing all the kids laugh and try different things that they probably haven’t tried before,” Rennaker said. “There was a big group doing pickleball and yoga. We had ballet earlier, so just getting them out and exposed to things, I think it’s been great.”
The event was designed to kick off a healthy, active summer.
The YMCA of South Alabama is located at 27080 Pollard Road in Daphne.
Copyright 2026 WALA. All rights reserved.
Former Alabama star Will Anderson Jr. has reportedly signed a three-year, $150 million extension with the Houston Texans, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Anderson instantly solidified himself as one of the top defensive players in football throughout his rookie campaign in 2023. The star defensive end was named as the Rookie of the Year in 2023, as Anderson’s extension will officially keep him in Houston long-term, as well as make him the highest paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
Anderson recorded an impressive 12 sacks on the Texans’ defensive line in 2025, as the former Alabama star has made history following his head turning extension with Houston.
Anderson was nothing short of a superstar throughout his time at Alabama. Houston drafted the talented lineman with the third overall pick of the 2023 NFL draft, as Anderson was widely regarded as one of the top overall selections from his class.
The former Crimson Tide superstar has officially inked a massive extension with the Texans, as Anderson will undoubtedly continue playing a critical role on Houston’s defensive line over the coming seasons.
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Alabama head coach Rob Vaughn said that No. 4 Texas would be “hungry” against the No. 11Crimson Tide coming off its first series loss of the season to Texas A&M.
The Longhorns certainly were, as they pounced all over Vaughn’s team, striking out 17 Alabama batters en route to a 10-2 win.
“The story of the game was they just kind of kicked our tail in every phase tonight,” Vaughn said.
Alabama starter Tyler Fay had been elite over his past four starts, dating back to his complete-game no-hitter against Florida, allowing just six earned runs over the 26.0 innings pitched in those games. That changed instantly on Friday evening, as leadoff batter Aiden Robbins opened the game with a double and catcher Carson Tinney took him deep for a two-run blast moments later.
Texas added a third run in the first off an Ethan Mendoza RBI double, setting the tone for a dominant day. Alabama did not record a hit until the fourth inning as Longhorn ace Dylan Volantis tore through batters, striking out 12 over six innings.
Fay ended up going 5.1 innings, just the second time he did not make it through the sixth. The other, against Auburn, was only due to Vaughn wanting to keep his pitch count down in the wake of the no-hitter. He allowed season-highs of seven earned runs and 12 hits in the loss.
The Longhorns added a run each in the third and the fifth, before Alabama put the slightest amount of pressure on Texas in the top of the sixth. Bryce Fowler and Justin Lebron scored on the basepaths off an error and a wild pitch, respectively, to cut the Texas lead to three runs.
“You’ve got to find ways to score,” Vaughn said. “Those two guys just created two runs for us, and did a great job creating those runs and we crawl back in at 5-2, and it’s like, ‘Let’s go back to work…’ So thought we had that chance in those middle innings.”
The Longhorns effectively put the game to bed in the next frame, responding with three runs as Fay was relieved by Connor Lehman. Texas would add two more runs on the day, with the only silver lining coming in the fact that Alabama avoided a run-rule.
The Crimson Tide has now lost four straight SEC games after winning three consecutive series. Zane Adams takes the mound with the series on the line on Saturday, in a game that has been moved up to 12 p.m. CT due to anticipated rain in Austin.
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