“You have to go through so many steps, like tests and stuff, and then Alabama was being Alabama and things came to a halt.” Politics aside, Alabama resident Brittany Pettaway’s dream of becoming a mother had already taken it’s toll. After two failed embryo transfers in 2021 and a miscarriage that required a D&C, a common surgical procedure to remove tissue from the uterus — cruelly, on her and Byron’s wedding anniversary — the couple had taken a year-long break to heal. But before the Pettaways could start the implantation process and try again, Alabama’s IVF nightmare began. In February, the State Supreme Court ruled that embryos were “unborn children.” The decision left couples in limbo as IVF clinics around the state closed their doors. “IVF is not an elective procedure or journey for a lot of people and I just really wish politics were not involved,” she said. “[Politicians] are not here helping me raise a family or helping me to get to the family– it’s me and my doctor, and I j...