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VF providers and patients in Alabama were thrown into chaos in February after the state’s supreme court ruled that frozen embryos were considered humans, making their destruction a crime. At least two clinics in the state stopped performing IVF procedures, and many women traveled out of the state to get their treatments, according to multiple news repor
ts.“We saw some benefits providers that offered transport for embryos across state lines actually halting that offering, as they were looking into legality,” said Kayla Velnoskey, director of research for Gartner&rsquo
;s HR practice.The panic subsided after Alabama’s governor signed a law protecting IVF providers