An Alabama judge ruled that frozen embryos are people, and reproductive rights advocates are sounding the alarm

• Alabama's Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered people under state law.
• The ruling could negatively impact IVF in the state, according to advocates.
• Eleven states have laws that define personhood as beginning at fertilization.

In a landmark ruling in Alabama that's left the future of in vitro fertilization in the state in jeopardy, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court pointed to a verse from the Book of Genesis in explaining why frozen embryos are people — and said that a person could be punished if they're destroyed.