Why the rift between anti-abortion activists and Republican lawmakers is growing

Alabama supreme court's decision causing a temporary halt in IVF care shines spotlight on problem between two groups

There is a growing rift in the decades-old marriage between anti-abortion activists and Republican lawmakers.

The problem came into view last month, after a bombshell decision from the Alabama supreme court temporarily halted in vitro fertilization (IVF). The ruling, which described frozen embryos as extrauterine children", unraveled when the Republican-controlled legislature passed short-term protections for IVF providers.