Posted on 02/23/2024 12:27:56 PM PST by Miami Rebel
Donald Trump denounced the Alabama Supreme Court for making it “harder” for American families to have children.
The former president took to Truth Social to voice his opposition to the recent ruling that frozen embryos should be considered “children.” He called on Alabama’s state legislature to “find an immediate solution to preserve the availability of IVF in Alabama.” He wrote:
Under my leadership, the Republican Party will always support the creation of strong, thriving, healthy American families. We want to make it easier for mothers and fathers to have babies, not harder! That includes supporting the availability of fertility treatments like IVF in every State in America. 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. Today, I am calling on the Alabama Legislature to act quickly to find an immediate solution to preserve the availability of IVF in Alabama. The Republican Party should always be on the side of the Miracle of Life – and the side of Mothers, Fathers, and their Beautiful Babies. IVF is an important part of that, and our Great Republican Party will always be with you, in your quest, for the ULTIMATE JOY IN LIFE!
Alabama’s Chief Justice Tom Parker invoked God and the Book of Genesis to justify the decision, writing, “Human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God.”
Parker continued, “Even before birth, all human beings have the image of God, and their lives cannot be destroyed without effacing his glory.”
Trump has long courted the evangelical vote, winning that demographic by 60 points in 2016 and nearly 70 points four years later, according to the Pew Research Center.
Other Republicans have also spoken out against the decision. Hardline Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said this week:
"Something is totally wrong. People who want to have a family should have the government and the law on their side. And the notion that discarded embryos in an IVF somehow turn these people who want children and want families and want the American dream into criminals is really wrong."
Trump has staunchly supported the evangelical opposition to abortion rights and appointed three conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court who voted in 2022 to reverse the constitutional right to abortion by a vote of 6-3. Trump took credit, claiming, “Only I was able to kill Roe vs. Wade.”
The feds have no constitutional authority over state law. That’s up to the people of AL.
It’s harder when otherwise well-meaning people don’t get it.
Some people can’t get past ‘every sperm is sacred’.
Boo hoo we can’t play God create test tube babies and slaughter a load of healthy ones at the same time cry me a river it’s a complete waste of human life and effort to create mor when you destroy so much already
Smart to get out in front of this AND framing it as the pro life position.
Here we go...
The feds have no constitutional authority over state law. That’s up to the people of AL.
I agree with Trump on this. Until placed in a womb, an embryo is not a person.
Yes, absolutely smart to get out in front of this now. The other side will try to hang this over all Republicans in the coming election.
Did you even bother reading the statement?
Today, I am calling on the Alabama Legislature to act quickly to find an immediate solution to preserve the availability of IVF in Alabama.
Fed.gov should have zero say over morality in this nation
As a Christian and “retired” NICU RN, I have never supported IVF. Aside from “playing God” and creating life through alternative modalities, they are destroying more in that very process, thus less visible sacrifices to their god than abortion. Criminalizing it and those involved after the fact just heaps more evil on the innocent as the guilty always have money and lawyers. May God be merciful.
No doubt there are going to be Repukes with wishy washy answers because they don’t know what to think until they read their talking points. Just repeat after Trump on this and don’t let them make 2024 about this.
Where a person is located is not how we define whether that person is a person or not.
but then these are not just “sperm” are they?
I once saw this creepy film called “Embryo”. That should definitely be banned in ALL states.
Besides IVF, there are a host of issues raised by new technologies we aren't equipped to manage morally or ethically, much less legally.
Plus, if embryos = children, could I freeze a bunch of them and claim, say, 300 dependents on my taxes? I think not.
Governor Grandma down here has already made the same request of the legislature.
Now he has to get "independents" votes.
This is strategic.
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