Mother’s IVF Journey Halted Due to Alabama Ruling: ‘Our Sadness Turned to Complete Anger’ 

Synopsis

After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were legally considered children, fertility clinics across the state shut their doors, halting treatment for patients in the middle of fertility treatment such as IVF. PEOPLE reporter Vanessa Etienne spoke to one of these patients. Latorya Beasley, a Birmingham social worker and mother, was just days away from a scheduled embryo transfer when her clinic canceled all appointments. 

Her experience made Latorya realize the far reach of abortion bans beyond the ability to end a pregnancy: “You start to wonder, well, what could be next? I think that was just what really ignited the anger, like how did we get here? How can we allow this to happen?”