They’re looking for answers and running out of options ever since the state’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children.
clinics in the state of Alabama. It had been six days since the Alabama Supreme Court released a decision declaring, and she had six embryos she was trying to get out of the state as fast as possible. The day before, 30-year-old Veazey and her fiancée, 38-year-old Kandis Pulliam, spent the entire day making calls and sending emails.
several calls and leaving two voicemails — the embryologist told her that the clinic’s release forms were being revised by corporate, and the paperwork wasn’t ready yet. She didn’t know for sure when it would be, but likely not by Monday. “We were like, excuse my language, ‘What the actual fuck,’” Veazey said. “I’m so frustrated because now I can get all of the shipping coordinated and they’re trying to get them out for me as soon as they can.
Chelsea Kramer currently has a fridge door full of medication she paid thousands of dollars for that she can’t use yet. She had been set to start a new round of IVF on February 9 to try to conceive her second child. Due to a certain hormone being too high, her clinic pushed back the start date of her cycle. If she had started it then, her clinic would — so far — allow her to continue her treatment.
On Sunday, ReproTech’s Lea Wilcox said in a statement that it “will continue to accept embryos from Alabama for long-term storage at our facilities. Patients can rest assured that we will continue to offer safe, reliable shipping to and from Alabama.” But as of Sunday evening, Veazey hadn’t heard from them since they told her shipments were paused. If they changed their minds, then wonderful, Veazey said in an email to me. But she is still waiting on the paperwork from the clinic.
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