Elizabeth Carr fears that shes an endangered species because of the Alabama Supreme Courts controversial ruling on reproductive rights.

On Monday, WBUR-FM , Bostons NPR news station, published an essay by Carr, who made headlines around the world in 1981 when she became the first baby to be born in the U.S. through in vitro fertilization. In her essay, Carr challenged the state courts ruling that frozen embryos should legally be considered children.

Last weeks ruling was clearly written without a true understanding of the IVF procedure and a total disregard for the science of assisted reproductive technology, Carr wrote. No one understands better than the infertility community that embryos are not children. Success in IVF means bringing home a baby, not solely creating embryos.