Marilyn Gomez was sitting at her kitchen table in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Feb. 16 when news alerts and friends’ texts began pinging her phone: The all-Republican Alabama Supreme Court had ruled that frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization were children under state law. That meant providers could be held liable for discarding them, a common part of the IVF process. As Alabama clinics began suspending IVF services and public outrage mounted, politicians on both sides scrambled to distance themselves. In Gomez’s quiet kitchen, it all felt deeply personal. Want more breaking po…