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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Correct me, if I’m wrong, but there’s not only IVF at stake here, but all fertility treatments.

In an IUI the outcome can be a high order pregnancy, and usually for the life of the mother,  most do not carry through more than 2 or 3 in the end.  The costs and health risks to carry more are astronomical.  You could not do a reduction anymore.

Only single transfers would be possible under these new laws.  Or may there be an issue as well?  [/quote]

This is why monitoring during IUI is so important.  Any decent OB or RE who offers IUI will insist on monitoring, which includes a trans-vaginal ultrasound to determine the number of mature follicles (potential eggs) prior to going through with the actual IUI procedure.  We did several cycles of IUI before moving to IVF, and our first cycle was canceled because the ultrasound showed 6 mature follicles.  My RE felt that continuing with IUI was too risky for higher-order multiples in this situation.  
Likewise, in IVF, transfer of single embryos is typically standard these days.  No reputable RE is going to routinely encourage scenarios that result in multiples because of the risks inherent in carrying such pregnancies.[/quote]

Yes, it pretty much means people in Alabama won't be able to have fertility treatments. Which is what they voted to have happen. [/quote]

In Alabama they also elect the state Supreme Court justices. So they voted for all of this. Including that nut job of a chief justice who wrote the concurring opinion full of scripture. [/quote]

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