# @reckon.news on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-09-10T20:12:21.000+00:00

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“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 just think it affects so many people.”

Despite Alabama granting civil and criminal immunity to IVF providers in March, many patients now face a new challenge in growing their families: their embryos will be moved across state lines, some as far as Minnesota, in an effort to prevent lawmakers from interfering with IVF on the basis of “protecting life” again.

“Having to deal with all of this anxiety and logistical nightmares that have come with the politicization of IVF has just sent me over the edge,” said @AbbeyCrain, a creative strategist for Reckon, who is also undergoing IVF treatment in Alabama. “It’s adding so much extra stress that I’m sure is not good physically for me when I’m trying to get pregnant.”

The ongoing threat to reproductive autonomy in Alabama and beyond has left patients and advocates in disbelief, unsure of how far politicians are willing to go.

You can read more about the families battling Alabama’s IVF nightmare at the link in our bio.

✍️ @annabelrocha 
🎨 @sidespinosa_

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reckon | @reckonnews | https://gondola.cc/reckonnews | Media Agency |
| Reckon | @reckonnews | https://gondola.cc/reckonnews | Publisher |
| AL.com | @aldotcomnews | https://gondola.cc/aldotcomnews | Partner |
| The 19th | @19thnews | https://gondola.cc/19thnews | Partner |
| sid espinosa | @sidespinosa_ | https://gondola.cc/sidespinosa_ | Senior Social Media Producer |
| Abbey Crain | @abbeycrain | https://gondola.cc/abbeycrain | Art Director |
| Annabel Rocha | @annabelrocha | https://gondola.cc/annabelrocha | Reporter/Journalist |

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