Suit was filed late last month in a Utah state trial court against seven fertility clinics challenging the methods they use in IVF procedures. The complaint (full text) in Voice for the Voiceless v. Conceptions Fertility Center, (UT Dist. Ct., filed 4/30/2026), focuses on clinics' practice of discarding embryos that are not implanted, saying in part:
The result is that thousands of embryos-- live human beings-- are killed prior to birth by Defendants.... Defendants could practice IVF in a legal manner that would preserve life and only fertilize eggs that will be implanted into their clients, but they refuse to do so out of convenience and financial gain.
The Complaint's Introduction alleges in part:
The Utah Constitution guarantees the rights of all people to "enjoy and defend their lives and liberties."... However, an entire class of people has been deprived of their right to life and liberty because they cannot defend themselves. This class of people are the unborn minor children whose lives are terminated in violation of Utah law, as a direct result of Defendants' standard practice of how they conduct in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
The Complaint alleges causes of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress, public nuisance, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. Stateline reports on the lawsuit.
