As hospitals across Alabama pause IVF treatments, Nikki Haley is suddenly trying to claim she never said what she said.
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is frantically trying to quell the controversy over comments she made about IVF after an Alabama court’s recent ruling that frozen embryos are children.
“We don’t want fertility treatment to shut down, we don’t want them to stop doing IVF treatment, we don’t want them to stop doing artificial insemination,” Haley said on CNN on Thursday. “But I think this needs to be decided by the people in every state. Don’t take away the rights of these physicians and these parents to have these conversations.”
It was Haley’s second such attempt to explain away her controversial stance on the issue. On Wednesday evening, Haley blurted out a much more gibberish response.
“Well first off all, this is, again, I didn’t say that I agreed with the Alabama ruling. The question that I was asked is ‘do I believe an embryo is a baby?’” Haley said on CNN Wednesday evening. “I do think that if you look in the definition, an embryo is considered an unborn baby. And so yes, I believe, from my stance, that that is.”
But calling an embryo—the stage before the microscopic cellular mass is labeled a fetus—an unborn baby is not exactly correct.
This is such an easy layup for any reporter. Haley had her own son via IVF. Part of the IVF process is to
reject embryoskill babies and only implant the most viable one(s). Someone should ask her how many of herembryos she rejectedbabies she killed in order to have her son. Bonus for the follow up question: Why was this baby killing ok for you, but not for others?When are they gonna press child abuse charges against her for starving and cryogenically freezing her babies?
Oh wow. I can’t believe she was stupid enough to say this at all.
Totally unfit for any office.
Really? At this point, how can you not believe the depths of stupidity that republicans will sink to?
“That was God’s plan, he works in mysterious ways.”
“My husband and I prayed on it and we were forgiven. Praise Jebus!”
Can’t say I’m surprised, but damn…this level of hypocrisy is truly stunning.
It’s not even notable any more, sadly.
There is no such thing as an “unborn baby”. It’s not a baby until it’s born. Before that, it’s fetus, before that an embryo, and before that a zygote. This is why uneducated idiots should not be making decisions which involve science and medicine.
Edit: fixed
I agree with the spirit of your post but I think you’ve switched the order of zygote/embryo.
lol, fixed. I had just woken up
With this stance, they are coming for birth control.
They said they were gonna.
They’re beyond that already, they’re coming for contraception next.
My dude, what do you think “birth control” is…??
I think he’s saying birth control is the pill and IUD. Contraception also includes condoms. Remember condoms used to only be accessible to married couples.
Of course they are. They’ll never stop.
Don’t take away the rights of these physicians and these parents to have these conversations.”
So… she’s pro choice?
No, no. You see, she’s saying you should feel free to talk about it, so long as your conclusion matches her opinion.
IVF for some, miniature American flags for others
Listen, she’s going to say some stuff and its going to sound good and then you’re going to vote for her to BEAT TRUMP alright? Don’t spend a bunch of time thinking about it. Just VOTE.
Also, she’s a moderate Republican. The “liberal media” tells us this is so, because, uh, reasons. LOL.
She can’t even get the definition of embryo right and we should trust her with nukes??
Have you seen the Republican frontrunner? I wouldn’t trust him with rubber ball
I posted about this a few days after Roe was overturned. I’m a bit surprised it took this long for IVF to be attacked. Next will be stem cell research, then contraception.
If you were an adult in the 1980s-90s, you’ll remember this.
Haley might be young, but she’s an idiot if she didn’t see this coming. It was her own party that made these same moves 40 years ago, and they haven’t been subtle about repeating history.
I guess all republicans are morons, but come on. This is not a surprise.
The comments from The Daily Show on her and her being a so-called “moderate” are even more poignant now.
Nikki Haley is a fundamentalist extremist that is advocating for a full ban on abortions after six weeks (which makes abortions essentially entirely illegal). Just because she isn’t Trump doesn’t mean she isn’t fucking crazy.
In Handmaid’s Tale–esque fashion, Haley has tried to toe the line on the issue of third-party fertility in a futile effort to keep voters from turning away from her floundering campaign, even though she conceived her son via artificial insemination.
Jesus fucking Christ, these people. For fuck’s sake!
That’s RIGHT! Just like Abortion this should be a “STATES RIGHTS” issue wink wink nudge nudge!
“the people in every state should decide” really means “the lunatic governor in every state should decide”.
