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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: White House Warns Alabama IVF Ruling "Can Spread to Other States" [Watch (HLS stream): White House Warns Alabama IVF Ruling "Can Spread to Other States"](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gPteJHVT.m3u8) (3:01)  _Published 2024-02-23. Underscoring the Alabama Supreme Court 'got it wrong,' the White House Friday warned Americans the court's decision resulting in the suspension of many in vitro fertilization programs in the state "could spread" beyond Alabama._ --- Feb 23, 2024 11:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Advocates Urge Alabama Lawmakers to Restore IVF Services in the State](/video/jGuwR4b5/) ### Advocates Urge Alabama Lawmakers to Restore IVF Services in the State [Lawmakers Call to Protect IVF After Alabama Ruling](/video/DAjNIq8V/) ### Lawmakers Call to Protect IVF After Alabama Ruling [Alabama State Lawmakers & Legal Experts React to IVF Ruling](/video/n6CbvPWN/) ### Alabama State Lawmakers & Legal Experts React to IVF Ruling --- ## Transcript On the Alabama idea of ruling how could the first American Family Feud that this could spread to other conservative State and does the president need to do more than simply calling for the codification of Roe versus Wade. Does he need to go for your question here? Yeah, they should be concerned. They should be concerned on your first part of your question. They should be concerned that the other stays. This is the house that has come out of the top situation. This is the chaos that has come out of of getting rid rid of role which was the law of the land for almost 50 years. And so look what needs to happen. I mean the way that we fix this or the way that we get to a place where women feel protected but women can make decisions on their own body where families can make a decision on how to move forward and in growing their family or starting a family is to is to get Roe and Wade to Roe v Wade needs to be the law of the land. That's the fix that's what needs to happen and there is That is the best way to move forward here Alabama treatments. Are they making the right call can't speak to the decisions that the clinics are are making that is for them. They are there safety concerns decide on what we can speak to is the chaos that has been created because of the overturning a row and we see this and it is devastating. It is devastating and it's dangerous to women. And so what we're going to do is continue to speak out against that and make it very clear that that the court decision that was made was wrong. And and yeah, you know what this could this could spread Beyond Alabama and that is a scary thought for many families across the country as certainly many women across the country. Bonita trying to get in vitro fertilization services at this time. Are there any policy actions right that we can take from here? Look what we will say here is that The fix here is is not is is rovi way that's the fix. That's how we get to a place where we fix what's going on? It's not the chaos that we're seeing in these days. That's the fixed. It is a legislative fix that needs to come from, a that's what we need to get to get to a place to I don't have anything to announce here, but it is unimaginable of what families are now having to deal with and how this could spread to other states and this is the chaos the chaos that comes from the daps decision that comes from what Republicans have been doing since the dogs decision. And so we have to get this right we have to get this fixed by making sure Congress acts and gets wrote become makes robe the law of the land the courts got it wrong. The courts got it wrong in this ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"White House Warns Alabama IVF Ruling \"Can Spread to Other States\"","description":"Underscoring the Alabama Supreme Court 'got it wrong,' the White House Friday warned Americans the court's decision resulting in the suspension of many in vitro fertilization programs in the state \"could spread\" beyond Alabama. 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