Did Tim Walz Misrepresent His Experience with Fertility Treatment?

Kamala Harris' running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, initially indicated he and his wife used in vitro fertilization (IVF) to conceive their children, his wife recently said they used a different procedure: intrauterine insemination (IUI). 

The Details: Walz had referenced using IVF in his speeches and interviews. His wife subsequently said that they used IUI, which does not hold the same level of political controversy as IVF, as it does not risk destroying unused embryos. 

For Context: IVF involves fertilizing an egg outside the womb and then implanting it, often generating unused embryos, while IUI involves directly inserting sperm into the uterus at the time of ovulation. The Alabama Supreme Court's ruling in February determined that frozen embryos should be considered children under state law, temporarily halting IVF procedures, before a law was passed in March to protect IVF.

How The Media Covered It: The Washington Examiner (Lean Right bias), American Thinker (Right bias), and Washington Free Beacon (Right bias) highlighted Walz's "misrepresentation" of the fertility treatment, arguing that the distinction between IVF and IUI matters and the conflation is being used to frame pro-life advocates and Republicans as anti-family. The New York Times (Lean Left bias) downplayed Walz's correction, saying, "Many have assumed that his family relied on I.V.F." before adding, "In April, the Tim Walz for Governor campaign office mailed out a fund-raising letter in an envelope that read: 'My wife and I used I.V.F. to start a family.'" The New York Times referred to the IUI correction as a "clarification."