 disturbing questions created by the abortion ruling. Is IVF in danger? Oklahoma's abortion laws start at fertilization. Without specific caveats, laws like this could mean every embryo grown must be implanted and carried to term, which would fundamentally change the way IVF doctors do their jobs and likely decrease success rates. Are IUDs illegal now? In the vast majority of cases, IUDs stop fertilization from occurring. In the rare cases it does occur, IUDs stop that embryo from attaching. Again, in states enacting fertilization laws without proper caveats in place, IUDs could be outside the law. Lawmakers in some states have already spoken out against IUDs. Will women have to carry a fetus with a fetal birth defect to term? Women who live in states with blanket abortion bands lacking a caveat for this scenario could be forced to carry a pregnancy to term that has no chance of surviving outside the womb. What about birth control in general? The court didn't change any rules on birth control, but Justice Clarence Thomas called into question other rulings based on interpretations of the 14th Amendment, including Griswold v. Connecticut, which protects contraception rights. If that's overturned, states would be able to restrict access to birth control.