Donald Trump on Friday marked his opposition to the highly criticized decision of a court in Alabama equating frozen embryos to children and threatening in vitro fertilization (IVF) in this southern US state.
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“Like the overwhelming majority of Americans, including the vast majority of Republicans (…), I strongly support access to IVF for couples trying to have a precious baby,” Truth Social said on his network the former president, ultra-favorite to win his party’s nomination for the presidential election in November.
The decision of the very conservative Supreme Court of Alabama has already caused the suspension, in the state, of the activities of several clinics practicing IVF.
In recent days, this affair has caused great unease among Republicans, who traditionally, through their opposition to abortion, display the defense of family values.
“Under my leadership, the Republican Party will always support the creation of strong American families,” wrote Donald Trump, who has immense influence on the entire American right.
On Thursday, his Democratic opponent Joe Biden also spoke and deemed the court decision, rendered Friday February 16 but entered into the public debate on Tuesday, “scandalous”.
This debate underlines the importance of the question of abortion and procreation in the campaign, almost two years after the Supreme Court of the United States, with a conservative majority, reversed the constitutional guarantee of abortion, referring each State is responsible for legislating on the issue.
Faced with the end of IVF activities in several clinics specializing in medically assisted procreation (MAP) in Alabama, Donald Trump calls for local parliamentarians to resolve the legal vacuum and “quickly find a solution to maintain the availability of IVF ” in the state.
They are in fact already at work. A local senator and his colleagues are “working on a solution to ensure we protect these families and life itself,” Republican Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement, suggesting she supports the move.
Following a complaint from couples who had their frozen embryos destroyed, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that an 1872 law on wrongful deaths of minors was applicable to this case.
“This applies to all children, born or unborn,” writes Judge Jay Mitchell in the text of the decision, peppered with biblical references.
