ABC News(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) Dr. Beth Malizia, an Alabama physician, went through 12 years of training to provide patients with fertility care. But the doctor and co-owner of Alabama Fertility says her hands are tied after the Alabama Supreme Court issued a decision that frozen embryos are considered children.The clinic is one of three facilities in the state that have halted in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments amid concerns that their practices could run into legal troubles."Patients come first. That s what we re taught all the way through from the time we decide to go into medicine, and this is a decision that sort of takes that away from us," Malizia said."The counsel, our lab director and all the physicians at Alabama Fertility have struggled with this for many hours and some made some really, really hard phone calls over the last couple of days," said Malizia.The clinic has paused all frozen embryo transfers, but will continue new patient visits, other stan
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