Fight for Alabama Families, an IVF advocacy coalition formed after the Alabama Supreme Court’s 2024 embryo ruling, presented U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) with its Pro-Family Champion Award in Washington, D.C., last week.

“We traveled to D.C. this week to present Senator Katie Britt with the FFAF Pro-Family Champion Award, thanking her for all the work she has done to help protect access to IVF in Alabama and across the country,” the group said.

“There are so many babies across our state, including my sweet Maggie, who are here today because of the work she did behind the scenes in 2024. We are so grateful for you, Senator Britt!”

Fight for Alabama Families is a coalition of IVF families, advocates and doctors. Corinn O’Brien founded the group after her experience with infertility led her to the Alabama State House.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February 2024 that frozen embryos are children under the state’s wrongful death law, and IVF clinics across Alabama paused treatments.

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Britt spoke with Donald Trump, who called on Alabama to act. The Alabama Legislature passed protections and Governor Kay Ivey signed them in March 2024, and clinics resumed treatments.

Britt and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced the IVF Protection Act that May to guarantee nationwide access.

Britt joined Trump in the Oval Office in October 2025 for an IVF announcement and again in May for a maternal health package that included a proposed rule to help employers offer IVF coverage.

“She’s the one that got me into this,” Trump said at the May event.

Access to fertility care is also growing across the state. UAB Medicine expanded its fertility and urologic services at UAB Medicine Hoover in August, bringing male and female infertility care together at one location.

Fight for Alabama Families plans to pursue a constitutional amendment next year to make IVF protections permanent in Alabama. O’Brien warned in a March op-ed that a single court challenge could again upend care for Alabama families. Alabama has 14 practicing reproductive endocrinologists, several of them nearing retirement, O’Brien has said.

Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.