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Alabama's Supreme Court held that frozen IVF embryos count as children under the state's 1872 Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, letting couples sue a Mobile clinic whose embryos were destroyed and pushing clinics to pause IVF.

Governor Kay Ivey signed SB159, shielding IVF patients, clinics and suppliers from lawsuits and prosecution over damaged or destroyed embryos, three weeks after the LePage ruling halted treatment.

At Mar-a-Lago, President Trump signs Executive Order 14216, directing his Domestic Policy Council to propose within 90 days ways to protect IVF access and sharply cut its out-of-pocket and health plan costs.

In the Oval Office, the White House announces a deal under which EMD Serono sells its IVF drugs Gonal-f, Ovidrel and Cetrotide at steep discounts through TrumpRx, plus a new standalone fertility benefit employers can offer.

At a maternal healthcare event in the Oval Office, Trump announces a proposed rule letting employers offer fertility benefits outside their health plans, a day after HHS launched moms.gov for expecting and new mothers.