Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, a Republican, expressed varying views on the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos are considered children. Tuberville acknowledged the complexity of the situation for women, endorsed the court's decision, but also mentioned the need to read a non-existent bill. He also made comments suggesting a lack of understanding of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and its purpose.
Reporter: Do you have a reaction to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling? GOP Sen. Tuberville: I was all for it... We need to have more kids Reporter: But IVF is used to have more children and IVF services are paused at some clinics https://t.co/BA4LJHqM8N
“We need more kids,” says Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who clearly has no idea what IVF is.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. endorsed his state Supreme Court’s ruling that fertilized embryos are children, telling @daveweigel that the justices were “one hundred percent” correct in a decision that had paused the use of in vitro fertilization. https://t.co/baOF5Kaqjh
Asked Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) for his take on the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos are children. In the span of 3 mins, he said he was “all for it,” didn’t agree with it, supports IVF and just needs to read the bill. (There is no bill.) https://t.co/i3WUnyK1ch
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) acknowledges "hard" situation for women after Alabama IVF ruling https://t.co/WntF1hJSDF https://t.co/WYxVJcaocS