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The couple alleges in court documents that they lost 19 embryos as a result of faulty solution used to facilitate embryonic growth manufactured by CooperSurgical.

Couples struggling to conceive, particularly the plaintiffs in the CooperSurgical lawsuits, are worried their only option to have children is hanging by a thread, according to Tracey Cowan of Clarkson Law Firm, counsel for the plaintiffs.

On the heels of an IVF ruling out of Alabama that has sparked fears the procedure could be in danger, many Texans are grappling with the distinct possibility that one of the biggest lifelines against infertility could be gone. Some patients are even opting to move embryos out of state.

A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling saying embryos created through in vitro fertilization should be considered children has caused “stress and anxiety and fears” for families suing Connecticut-based CooperSurgical, an attorney representing some of those families said.