{"id":1047432,"date":"2024-08-30T16:31:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1047432"},"modified":"2024-08-30T16:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:31:29","slug":"reminder-donald-trumps-deep-ties-to-the-anti-ivf-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reminder-donald-trumps-deep-ties-to-the-anti-ivf-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"REMINDER: Donald Trump\u2019s Deep Ties to the Anti-IVF Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump is trying to cover for his deep ties to the anti-IVF movement. Luckily, we have the receipts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump keeps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-claims-credit-all-abortion-bans-1234736979\/\">bragging<\/a> about how he \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1777313236288712970\">proudly<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1745277154236260693\">overturned<\/a> <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/24\/health\/alabama-ivf-roe-v-wade\/index.html#:~:text=That%20decision%20is%20the%20first,Roe%20v.%20Wade%20in%202022.\">paving<\/a> the way for his MAGA minions\u2019 attacks on IVF access across the country.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s dangerous Project 2025 agenda includes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DNCWarRoom\/status\/1672786470049046528\">banning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-16-week-national-abortion-ban-1234970119\/\">abortion<\/a> nationwide \u2014 with or without Congress \u2014 and would threaten IVF access. Just look at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/platform\">platform<\/a>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s own running mate JD Vance is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/17\/politics\/kfile-jd-vance-abortion-comments\/index.html\">anti-choice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4775098-vance-healthcare-positions\/\">extremist<\/a> who joined almost every single Republican in the Senate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/senate-republicans-block-democratic-bill-codifying-roe-v-wade-abortion-rcna161016\">block<\/a> legislation to protect IVF access.\u00a0<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/whnt.com\/news\/politics\/watch-live-trumppence-bus-visits-huntsville\/\">cozied<\/a> up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alreporter.com\/2018\/08\/08\/gop-chief-justice-candidate-tom-parker-visits-white-house\/\">Alabama Supreme Court justice<\/a> who wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/25\/us\/politics\/alabama-ivf-ruling-republicans-democrats.html\">ruling<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/alabama-fertility-clinics-court-decision-ivf_n_65d93f64e4b0cc1f2f7bc6e3\">threatened<\/a> IVF access in the state.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s Project 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/11\/13\/trump-loyalists-2024-presidential-election\">allies<\/a> are laying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/01\/anti-abortion-movement-ivf-war-00149766\">groundwork<\/a> to rip away IVF access.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>125 of Trump\u2019s MAGA minions in the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/house-republicans-life-at-conception-ivf-exception-2024-2?utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_campaign=business-sf&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=topbar\">co-sponsored<\/a> the \u201cLife at Conception Act,\u201d which could gut access to IVF.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump appointed several anti-IVF extremists to positions in his administration, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afa.net\/who-we-are\/press-releases\/2019\/american-family-association-president-tim-wildmon-joins-president-trump-s-faith-advisory-council\/\">Tom Wildmon<\/a>, whose anti-choice organization <a href=\"https:\/\/afa.net\/media\/auzimu5t\/walkerltrtoms.pdf\">opposed<\/a> a Mississippi bill to protect IVF.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s appointed Sarah Pitlyk \u2014 who <a href=\"http:\/\/embryodefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/McQueen-Reply-Brief-1.pdf\">wrote<\/a> an amicus brief arguing in favor of legislation that would <a href=\"http:\/\/embryodefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/McQueen-Brief.pdf-1.pdf\">ban IVF access<\/a> \u2014 to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1760772976448876696?s=20\">lifetime appointment<\/a> on the federal bench. She even made his Supreme Court justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2020\/09\/trump-releases-new-list-of-potential-supreme-court-nominees\/\">shortlist<\/a>\u2026<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2026 before he appointed Amy Coney Barrett, an anti-choice extremist who helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/27\/politics\/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-immunity-idaho-abortion\/index.html\">overturn<\/a> <em>Roe<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/oct\/01\/amy-coney-barrett-supported-group-fertilization\">supported<\/a> a group that believes in criminalizing IVF.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump has close ties to and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iXMRk-n09-o\">praised<\/a> anti-choice extremist Lila Rose, the Live Action president who said she was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilaGraceRose\/status\/1760061408828620829?s=20\">proud<\/a>\u201d of the Alabama Supreme Court\u2019s anti-IVF ruling.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s anti-choice extremism doesn\u2019t stop there, either. He\u2019s said extreme abortion bans that are putting women\u2019s lives at risk are \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1778897934844559451\">working very brilliantly<\/a>,\u201d said he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/donald-trump-interview-economy-border-biden\/60718955\">support<\/a> states monitoring women\u2019s pregnancies, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDemocrats\/status\/1592722259101495301\">said<\/a> \u201cthere has to be some form of punishment [for women who have an abortion].\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump is trying to cover for his deep ties to the anti-IVF movement. 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