Biden’s State of the Union guests include mother whose IVF was canceled and Kate Cox

Latorya Beasley tells her story of her appointments being cancelled during a panel discussion hosted by HHS secretary Xavier Becerra with families affected by the Alabama supreme court decision. Photograph: Butch Dill/AP

An Alabama mother who saw a second round of IVF canceled after the state supreme court ruled that embryos were children and a Texas mother forced to travel outside her state for a doctor-recommended abortion were due to attend Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday, as guests of the first lady, Jill Biden.

The White House said the cases of LaTorya Beasley of Birmingham, Alabama, and Kate Cox, from Dallas, Texas, showed “how the overturning of Roe v Wade has disrupted access to reproductive healthcare for women and families across the country”.