But while these people are a significant force in the GOP , they are minority nationwide. The remaining embryos are necessarily destroyed but the Alabama decision requires that every single unused embryo be preserved forever, upon pain of criminal prosecution. The GOP is now scrambling to find ways to avoid an even more severe backlash over the IVF issue than they face with abortion. Florida legislators are already uneasy that the Alabama IVF virus will spread to their state. The Daily Show‘s Desi Lydic commented on the Alabama decision
