An Alabama court ruling that frozen embryos created through fertility treatment are children has delivered an election-year opportunity for Democrats - and a political headache for Republicans.
While the ruling does not ban or restrict IVF, several medical providers in the state cited fears of legal repercussions as they paused fertility services in recent days.
Shana Gadarian, a political science professor at Syracuse University, said: “In other words, restricting IVF is going to be unpopular even among conservative and Republican voters and is an extreme position not shared by most Americans.”
Other Republican office-holders have either avoided the issue altogether, or steered a middle ground, distancing themselves from the few hardline conservatives who do support restricting access to fertility treatment and contraception.
Nikki Haley, Mr Trump’s last challenger for the Republican White House nomination, initially agreed in the wake of the Alabama court ruling that “embryos are babies”.
Jessica Andreae, director of operations of the pro-life ProLove Ministries, told the BBC at the event near Washington DC that she agreed with the Alabama court that embryos should be considered human life, but added that it “is a very complex issue for me”.
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An Alabama court ruling that frozen embryos created through fertility treatment are children has delivered an election-year opportunity for Democrats - and a political headache for Republicans.
While the ruling does not ban or restrict IVF, several medical providers in the state cited fears of legal repercussions as they paused fertility services in recent days.
Shana Gadarian, a political science professor at Syracuse University, said: “In other words, restricting IVF is going to be unpopular even among conservative and Republican voters and is an extreme position not shared by most Americans.”
Other Republican office-holders have either avoided the issue altogether, or steered a middle ground, distancing themselves from the few hardline conservatives who do support restricting access to fertility treatment and contraception.
Nikki Haley, Mr Trump’s last challenger for the Republican White House nomination, initially agreed in the wake of the Alabama court ruling that “embryos are babies”.
Jessica Andreae, director of operations of the pro-life ProLove Ministries, told the BBC at the event near Washington DC that she agreed with the Alabama court that embryos should be considered human life, but added that it “is a very complex issue for me”.
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