doctor beth malaysia at alabama fertility clinic, describing the heart wrenching calls to patients. we've got patients who are already with this sort of extreme stress and then you put this decision that's coming out of nowhere on top of that and it's yeah, it's awful. 238,000 families in the u.s. undergo ivf every year to try to become pregnant. each cycle averages $12,000 out of someone else. >> get to dictate what i say, what i what i want for my family. >> tori beasley conceived her daughter by ivf. she's midway through another cycle, only to learn her embryo transfer appointment scheduled for march 4th, was canceled. >> you stay in a state of hope. i guess just being hopeful. >> are you hopeful today? >> i'm still hopeful. i have right now. undergoing ivf is a deeply personal decision. >> we've been speaking to so many families in the middle of it, some spending their life savings, and they are angry and confused. and state lawmakers here did introduce legislation that would add protections for ivf, but it still needs to pass the republican legislature. elizabeth schulze abc ne