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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH U.S. SUBSCRIBE FOR $0.50/WEEKLog in Friday, February 23, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $0.50/WEEK I.V.F. Ruling in Alabama * Lawmakers Move to Preserve Access * The Court’s Ruling * Possible Implications * Fertility Industry in Peril * A New Front in the Abortion Battle Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT THE ALABAMA CHIEF JUSTICE WHO INVOKED GOD IN DECIDING THE EMBRYO CASE Chief Justice Tom Parker has long been revered by conservative groups as an architect for the overturning of Roe v. Wade. * Share full article * * * 1.1k * Read in app Tom Parker announced his plans to run for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in Montgomery in 2006.Credit...Jamie Martin/Associated Press By Rick Rojas Reporting from Atlanta Feb. 22, 2024 In an Alabama Supreme Court decision that has rattled reproductive medicine across the country, a majority of the justices said the law was clear that frozen embryos should be considered children: “Unborn children are ‘children.’” But the court’s chief justice, Tom Parker, drew on more than the Constitution and legal precedent to explain his determination. “Human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God,” he wrote in a concurring opinion that invoked the Book of Genesis and the prophet Jeremiah and quoted at length from the writings of 16th- and 17th-century theologians. “Even before birth,” he added, “all human beings have the image of God, and their lives cannot be destroyed without effacing his glory.” Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT READ THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT’S RULING The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos should be considered children. Read Document 131 pages Just as the case, which centers on wrongful-death claims for frozen embryos that were destroyed in a mishap at a fertility clinic, has reverberated beyond Alabama, so has Justice Parker’s opinion. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Rick Rojas is a national correspondent covering the American South. He has been a staff reporter for The Times since 2014. More about Rick Rojas A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 23, 2024, Section A, Page 18 of the New York edition with the headline: In Embryo Opinion, a Chief Justice Cites the Law — and the ‘Wrath of a Holy God’. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe Read 1132 Comments * Share full article * * * 1.1k * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT COMMENTS 1132 The Alabama Chief Justice Who Invoked God in Deciding the Embryo CaseSkip to Comments The comments section is closed. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to letters@nytimes.com. SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions KEEP READING THE TIMES BY CREATING A FREE ACCOUNT OR LOGGING IN. Continue Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options