How Alabama's ruling on frozen embryos puts Republicans in trouble ahead of the elections. The decision that considers embryos created through in vitro fertilization “children” has been “unpopular” among many voters.

Nikki Haley herself has been upset after saying that “embryos are babies.” The ruling has created complications for politicians who support restrictions on abortion, who defend that life begins at the moment of conception or consider that an embryo or fetus deserves all the rights of a person.