Former President Donald Trump said he supports in vitro fertilization treatment after Alabama’s highest court ordered hospitals to stop offering the procedure.
Trump took to Truth Social Friday to call on the state’s lawmakers to preserve access to IVF days after The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law.
“Like the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of Americans, including the VAST MAJORITY of Republicans, Conservatives, Christians, and Pro-Life Americans, I strongly support the availability of IVF for couples who are trying to have a precious baby,” Trump railed online.
“Today, I am calling on the Alabama Legislature to act quickly to find an immediate solution to preserve the availability of IVF in Alabama,” he said.
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The ex-president often trumpets how the conservative Supreme Court Justices he appointed ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade, ending federal protections for abortion rights and sparking state-level efforts nationwide to cut women’s access to the procedure.
But he has also criticized certain hardline anti-abortion policies in some states.
The all-Republican Alabama Supreme court found that an 1872 state law allowing parents to sue over the death of a minor child “applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location.”
Critics blasted the potential impact on fertility treatments and the freezing of embryos — which had previously been considered property by the courts.
Since the ruling, two of Alabama’s IVF providers have suspended portions of its care to patients.