Republicans were, again, caught flat-footed this week after yet another state court decision related to reproduction. This time, an Alabama court held that parents could sue a fertility clinic under the state’s wrongful death statute after the clinic negligently allowed their frozen embryos to be destroyed by a third party.

Democrats and their loyal media allies quickly pounced on this decision, using it to ask Republicans if they supported the court’s decision to end in vitro fertilization in the state.