In Birmingham, Secretary Becerra hears from families and health care professionals impacted by the court’s decision
On Tuesday, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited Birmingham, Alabama, in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling on IVF. In Birmingham, Secretary Becerra sat down with patients and providers who have been directly impacted by the IVF decision to hear their stories.
“It’s just been kind of a gut punch,” LaTorya Beasley shared with the Secretary. LaTorya is an IVF patient who was preparing for another round of IVF and had an embryo transfer scheduled for March 4 that has now been cancelled. “We were at the doctor’s office when the doctors and the clinics said they would close down. The very next day, I got progesterone shots delivered. It’s just been gut punch after gut punch for us.
“This affects real people –– this affects real families,” shared Dr. Rachel Charles, who told the Secretary about her journey with IVF and scheduled transfer for the end of March that is now ‘in limbo.’ “It makes it so that people aren’t able to make those decisions for themselves about whether or not they want to pursue the idea of having a child.”
“When our son was born, in December of 2020, it was the brightest, most beautiful light in what was such a dark time,” Stephanie Perry, an IVF patient at the University of Alabama Birmingham who has a 3-year-old son because of IVF. “We’re not finished growing our family. And the ruling that came down, I just think about the families that got a phone call from their doctors that said they can’t move forward. I am devastated for them because it’s a chance, it’s not a guarantee.
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