everything they do. norah: the cbs evening news starts right now. good evening. i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us. we want to begin tonight with shock waves being felt in the world of reproductive health care following a bombshell ivf ruling by alabama s supreme court. in friday s unprecedented decision, the all republican court ruled that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children. now alabama s largest hospital is pausing all in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers across the state and the country evaluate what this means. the ruling could have a devastating effect for people who desperately want to have children. in a state that already has one of the nation s strictest abortion laws. the decision may also make the already expensive cost of infertility skyrocket because of rising liability costs. to understand the impact of a look at the numbers from the cdc. nearly 1,000 babies were born in the u.s. in 2021 using ivf t