Britt praises Alabama Legislature for passing IVF legislation
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt on Sunday praised the Alabama State Legislature for passing legislation protecting in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.
“I was so proud of the Alabama legislature, for making sure that women had access to IVF, and had that confidence, that they would continue, that these families would continue to have access,” Britt said in an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.” “I believe that that is not only pro-life, but also pro-family.”
Britt said she is “proud to be pro-life” and that the legislation is a way of ensuring that women will continue to have access to IVF.
Britt was asked by “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream about a recent CBS poll that showed that six out of 10 women think that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade was bad for the country, and nine out of 10 women support keeping IVF legal. Bream asked if the Republican party was out of step with issues important to suburban women.
But Britt argued that women care about “kitchen table issues” like inflation and credit card debt. Republicans are the ones who are working to address those issues.
“I think the exact opposite is true, and that’s why I was sitting at a kitchen table. Republicans care about kitchen table issues,” Britt said Sunday, in a reference to her response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech Thursday. “We care about faith, family. We care about freedom.”
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law late Wednesday a bill that would provide legal protection to clinics who provide IVF treatment. Several clinics in the state halted IVF treatments after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last month that frozen embryos have the legal status of children for the purposes of civil liability.
Some providers, including the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) resumed IVF services last week after the bill was signed into law.
Alabama received national criticism after the Supreme Court ruling.
In addition to her remarks on IVF, Britt defended her much-maligned Republican response to the State of the Union. Britt hammered Biden on issues like immigration Thursday, but received criticism for including a story about a woman who was a victim of human trafficking starting at age 12.
Journalists were quick to point out that the events of that story happened 20 years ago in Mexico, before Biden was president.