Sen. Tuberville Stumped by Question About IVF Availability in His State: ‘That’s a Hard One’

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) was stumped on Thursday after a reporter asked him a question about IVF services being paused as a result of a recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling.

After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are to be considered children under Alabama law, resulting in several hospitals and clinics pausing their IVF services, Tuberville was asked for his thoughts on the situation.

“Do you have a reaction to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling on the fact that embryos are children?” an NBC News reporter asked Tuberville at CPAC on Thursday.

Tuberville replied, “Yeah, I was all for it. We need to have more kids, we need to have an opportunity to do that, and I thought this was the right thing to do.”

The reporter then noted, “But IVF is used to have more children and right now IVF services are paused at some of the clinics in Alabama. Aren’t you concerned that this could impact people who are trying to have kids?”

“Well, that’s for another conversation,” said Tuberville. “We need more kids. We need people to have the opportunity to have kids.”

Another reporter then asked Tuberville, “Senator, what do you say to the women right now in Alabama who no longer have access to IVF and will not as a result of this ruling? What do you say to them?”

“Well,” replied Tuberville, before pausing. “That’s a hard one, it really is. Really hard. ‘Cause again, you want people to have that opportunity and that’s what I was telling her. We need more kids.”

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