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.
With this stance, they are coming for birth control.
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I’d normally be ok with this, but the problem is the “I told you so” smirk doesn’t stop them from fucking up your life as well.
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Ah, the “doesn’t affect me right now, don’t care if it fucks over other people” theory. Or better said the “I only care when it affects me” theory. I understand now.
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This is where people are taking issue with your comment. Because you’re guilty of the same attitude that you’re criticizing.
As much as I want them to find out after all the fucking around they’ve done, we’ll all be suffering right alongside them because not all of us are as privileged as you.
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Nah he already got his kids so he won’t care any more. The next couple doing ivf are evil.
Look, Haley showed how the thought process works in the posted article.
“I was tricked by doctors into getting exactly what I wanted! How was I supposed to know?”
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“I should be in charge of everything!”
He should be scared about the 54
embryoschildren they have.Why are conservatives always the ones to say, “that would never happen!” Then be the ones to di that exact thing?
First they came for my neighbors…
Of course they are. They’ll never stop.
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.
I’m talking about the mifepristone ban, but you’re right, all of it is birth control.