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John, I want to share something with you that’s a bit more personal than usual.
After the recent terrifying Alabama court decision effectively outlawed IVF by declaring that embryos are, legally speaking, children, I started thinking back to a day almost two years ago.
Late into the night, hours after the Dobbs opinion leaked and our worst fears about the Supreme Court’s plans to overturn Roe v. Wade were realized, I had another terrifying realization: I needed to move my embryos. Immediately.
My embryos were in Arizona, a red state. And not just any red state — one that had recently passed a draconian anti-abortion bill that, among other things, granted “an unborn child at every stage of development, all rights, privileges and immunities available to other persons.”
Since the Alabama court’s decision, providers in the state have already started announcing that they are halting IVF procedures and informing people that they will not be able to move their embryos into or out of the state.
That means countless women in Alabama are now being bombarded with the same difficult questions, fears, and roadblocks that I dealt with back then. It’s a gut-wrenching feeling. It’s something none of us should ever have to experience.
But under our stolen right-wing U.S. Supreme Court, it’s a situation that more and more of us will face. It’s heartbreaking, enraging, and it’s happening now.
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If the story resonates with you, I’d be so grateful for you to share it — on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and anywhere else you like to post.
We need your help sounding the alarm and to make clear just how urgent it is for our elected officials to get on board with reforming and restructuring the court. Because if our leaders don’t start to take advocates’ warnings seriously, there will be no “safe blue states” left to protect us from living in a right-wing fever dream.
Thank you in advance for reading and sharing. I’m so grateful for your partnership in this essential work.
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