How Will the Alabama IVF Ruling Impact 2024 Politics?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The Alabama Supreme Court’s decision to legally recognize frozen embryos used in IVF as children prompted a wide range of reactions from Democrats and Republicans on Thursday.
GOP Reactions Mixed: Republicans are reportedly divided on the issue, with some agreeing with the decision and others wanting to see IVF protected. Presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley told NBC News (Lean Left bias), “embryos, to me, are babies,” but later added, “I didn't say that I agreed with the Alabama ruling.” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) called the ruling “a hard one” for women, because “you really want people to have that opportunity” and “we need more kids.”
Dems on Offense: Democrats widely criticized the ruling. “For years — even before Roe was overturned — I’ve sounded the alarm that they’d come for IVF,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said, touting a bill to protect the procedure. President Joe Biden said the purported “disregard for women’s ability to make these decisions for themselves and their families” was “outrageous and unacceptable.”
How the Media Covered It: Coverage from both the left and right quoted political operatives who predicted that the decision would complicate general election politics for the GOP in 2024. Coverage from left-rated outlets often highlighted Haley’s remarks.
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From the Left
‘Another hot potato’: Alabama’s IVF ruling risks political, legal backlash
The Alabama Supreme Court ruling granting legal personhood to frozen embryos could set up a political and legal backlash against conservatives heading into the November election.
The decision not only threatens GOP efforts to court suburban women and other constituencies uneasy about abortion bans, but also complicates the party’s standing with millions of people who may oppose abortion but support — and in many cases use — in-vitro fertilization and other forms of fertility care. The ruling also demonstrates how the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has made previously...
From the Center
Republicans Seem Hesitant To Support Alabama IVF Ruling—As Democrats Say It’s Their Fault
Republicans cast doubt on last week’s Alabama Supreme Court ruling that has widespread consequences for in vitro fertilization, as Democrats blamed the decision on the overturning of Roe v. Wade—a ruling championed by the right—underscoring the GOP’s ongoing struggle to craft a messaging strategy around reproductive healthcare.
The ruling has already prompted three Alabama medical clinics to pause IVF treatments while they survey the consequences, and it’s having immediate implications for Republican lawmakers who have been asked about the decision—with some giving hazy answers, while most have yet to weigh...
From the Right
How Alabama IVF ruling could cause political chaos for the GOP
Republicans are facing another political headache in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, this time involving in vitro fertilization procedures, that could spell disaster for the party heading into the 2024 election.
The latest hurdle comes out of Alabama after the state Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos are legally children and that the destruction of embryos constitutes a crime under the state’s “wrongful death of a minor” law.
Following the ruling, the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system announced it was halting its IVF procedures immediately over fear of lawsuits...
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