(The Guardian) Calling himself 'father of IVF', Trump claims support for fertility treatment
Asked about his stance on IVF care, Donald Trump claimed at the Fox News town hall that he and the rest of the Republican party were in favor of the care that allows people struggling with fertility issues to have children, going so far as to call himself “the father of IVF”.
The question came after the Alabama supreme court issued a ruling earlier this year that briefly cut off access to the treatment in the deep-red state, raising fears that Republican politicians opposed to the treatment would press the party to ban it nationwide, or in other states.
After describing himself to the questioner as “the father of IVF” Trump said at the town hall that after the court ruling, he got a call from Katie Britt, “a fantastically attractive person” who is also a Republican senator from Alabama. She told him about the decision’s implications, and he said he then came out in favor of continued access to IVF. Here’s how he put it: We really are the party for IVF. We want fertilization, and it’s all the way, and the Democrats tried to attack us on it, and we’re out there on IVF even more than them, so, we’re totally in favor of it.
Nonetheless, Republicans in the US Senate have repeatedly blocked passage of legislation that would guarantee access to the procedure nationwide.
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Asked about his stance on IVF care, Donald Trump claimed at the Fox News town hall that he and the rest of the Republican party were in favor of the care that allows people struggling with fertility issues to have children, going so far as to call himself “the father of IVF”.
The question came after the Alabama supreme court issued a ruling earlier this year that briefly cut off access to the treatment in the deep-red state, raising fears that Republican politicians opposed to the treatment would press the party to ban it nationwide, or in other states.
After describing himself to the questioner as “the father of IVF” Trump said at the town hall that after the court ruling, he got a call from Katie Britt, “a fantastically attractive person” who is also a Republican senator from Alabama. She told him about the decision’s implications, and he said he then came out in favor of continued access to IVF. Here’s how he put it: We really are the party for IVF. We want fertilization, and it’s all the way, and the Democrats tried to attack us on it, and we’re out there on IVF even more than them, so, we’re totally in favor of it.
Nonetheless, Republicans in the US Senate have repeatedly blocked passage of legislation that would guarantee access to the procedure nationwide.
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