Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate pick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in February spoke out against the Alabama Supreme Court’s controversial IVF ruling, citing the fertility treatments that helped him and his wife, Gwen, have children.

“Gwen and I have two beautiful children because of reproductive health care like IVF. This issue is deeply personal to our family and so many others,” Gov. Walz posted on Facebook in February.

“Don’t let these guys get away with this by telling you they support IVF when their handpicked judges oppose it.

“Actions speak louder than words, and their actions are clear. They’re bringing anti-science government into your exam room, bedroom, and classroom.”

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that under state law embryos are human beings from the moment of fertilization, whether in the womb or generated in the laboratory via IVF.

Couples had sued an IVF clinic and a Mobile hospital after their embryos were destroyed.

Mobile County Circuit Court Judge Jill Parrish Phillips threw out the case in 2022, claiming that embryos are not children, but her decision was overruled by the state supreme court in February.

Gov. Tim Walz told the Minneapolis Star Tribune extra clarity was needed in Minnesota’s laws after the Alabama ruling.

“For folks who said there’s redundancy in them, OK, but I want to build redundancy in them,” Walz said. “I’m going to build up the battlements around protection as much as I can.”

Walz told the newspaper he and Gwen had tried to start a family by going through fertility treatments at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester for seven years. Repeated treatments hadn’t worked, Walz said.

Then one day, he said, Gwen called him crying, the Star Tribune reported in March.

“I said, ‘not again,’” Walz asked his wife when he picked up the phone. “She said, ‘No, I’m pregnant.’ It’s not by chance that we named our daughter Hope.”

In January 2001, the couple welcomed daughter Hope. Their son, Gus, was born in October 2006, People reported.

In July, the Harris campaign wished “a happy IVF Day to everyone except” for Trump’s now-running mate, Sen. JD Vance. In response, Gov. Walz shared their story.

“Even if you’ve never gone through the hell of infertility, someone you know has. When Gwen and I were having trouble getting pregnant, the anxiety and frustration blotted out the sun. JD Vance opposing the miracle of IVF is a direct attack on my family and so many others,” Walz tweeted.