On Wednesday, the University of Alabama Birmingham hospital paused in vitro fertilization treatments while it considers the ruling's significance.

The law firm said they filed the class action on behalf of a 39-year-old woman who recently had 65 eggs retrieved and stored at ReproMed.

A woman must abide by an agreement with her ex-husband to destroy five frozen embryos if they got a divorce, despite her contention that they represent her last chance to have children, a California judge ruled Wednesday.