“Look, if we’re going to be a party that supports life, then we should be fighting to protect the ability of families to become parents. I mean, that’s what this is about, ultimately. Millions of Americans struggle with infertility, and they rely on IVF to ensure that they have the joy of being a parent,” he said.
Lawler also noted the continued “political fallout” from the Alabama Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, which determined frozen embryos were children, causing some IVF services in the state to pause temporarily.
Still, however, the backlash to the state’s high court ruling has had lingering effects. Just this past week, a Democrat flipped a GOP-held district by a wide margin, after she made reproductive rights central to her campaign.