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    • Trump declares himself 'father of IVF' at town hall with all-female audience

    Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a break at a Fox News town hall with moderator Harris Faulkner in Cumming, Ga., on Tuesday, Oct. 15. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP via CNN Newsource) Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a break at a Fox News town hall with moderator Harris Faulkner in Cumming, Ga., on Tuesday, Oct. 15. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP via CNN Newsource)
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    Donald Trump on Tuesday declared himself the 鈥渇ather of IVF,鈥 a fertility treatment that has come under threat following the Supreme Court鈥檚 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

    It鈥檚 unclear what precisely the former U.S. president meant when he made the comment at a Fox News town hall in battleground Georgia that was billed as focusing on women鈥檚 issues and had an all-female audience. But he has repeatedly returned to the issue 鈥 talking up his support for IVF 鈥 on the campaign trail, where he has given a long series of confusing or contradictory answers about his stance on abortion.

    鈥淲e really are the party for IVF,鈥 Trump told moderator and Fox News host Harris Faulkner on 鈥淭he Faulkner Focus.鈥 鈥淲e want fertilization, and it鈥檚 all the way, and the Democrats tried to attack us on it, and we鈥檙e out there on IVF, even more than them. So, we鈥檙e totally in favor.鈥

    , an expensive, decades-old treatment used by millions of parents, became a flashpoint in the nationwide clash over abortion and reproductive rights earlier this year when said that frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death.

    The Alabama ruling infuriated reproductive rights advocates who reasoned it would have a chilling effect on IVF, scaring off doctors who perform the procedure and sending prices even higher. It also set off a political firestorm that ultimately sent the state鈥檚 Republican-led Legislature scrambling to pass a bill giving civil and criminal immunity to providers and patients.

    Trump and Republicans quickly distanced themselves from the Alabama case, but Democrats, led by ice-President Kamala Harris鈥 campaign, have argued that the ruling offered a preview of the policies Trump would seek to enact if he returned to the White House.

    鈥淒onald Trump called himself 鈥榯he father of IVF.鈥 What is he talking about?鈥 the vice-president late Tuesday. 鈥淗is abortion bans have already jeopardized access to it in states across the country 鈥 and his own platform could end IVF altogether.鈥

    Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Harris said she found Trump鈥檚 comments to be 鈥渂izarre鈥 and said he should instead be taking responsibility for the climate around abortion rights in the US.

    鈥淚鈥檓 going to say what I鈥檝e said publicly and what I鈥檝e said many times based on my observations. 鈥 Donald Trump is increasingly unstable, and as has been said by people who have worked closely with him even when he was president, he鈥檚 unfit to be president of the United States,鈥 she said.

    In the aftermath of the Alabama decision, Trump claimed he would enact a federal policy . He did not say how he would go about doing so or whether the government or insurers would foot the bill.

    Senate Democrats, keen to highlight the issue ahead of the election, have twice this year brought up a bill that would guarantee access to IVF nationwide 鈥 with Republicans each time. Many of those GOP opponents have said they do support IVF but criticized the legislation as unnecessary overreach and a political show vote.

    During the town hall, Trump also criticized some states for placing restrictions on abortion that he called 鈥渢oo tough,鈥 saying, without providing any details, that those laws are 鈥済oing to be redone.鈥

    鈥淭he states are now voting (on abortion rights), and honestly, some of them are going much more liberal, like in Ohio,鈥 Trump said.

    Faulkner then noted that 鈥渟ome of (the states) are not,鈥 that enacted or activated bans or restrictions on the procedure after Roe was overturned in 2022 and where those limits remain in place.

    鈥淎nd some of them are not, but it鈥檚 going to be redone,鈥 Trump replied. 鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be redone. They鈥檙e going to, you鈥檙e going to end up with a vote of the people. And some of them, I agree, they鈥檙e too tough, too tough.鈥

    Still, Trump again touted his role in appointing Supreme Court justices who struck down Roe v. Wade and argued that the issue should be left to the states to legislate. He also expressed support for exceptions to abortion bans in the case of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is in danger.

    After previously refusing to commit either way, Trump earlier this month said he would veto a federal abortion ban. His running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, during his vice-presidential debate with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, acknowledged the GOP鈥檚 difficulties navigating the issue 鈥 suggesting his party push new legislation to help parents in need.

    鈥淲e鈥檝e got to do so much better of a job at earning the American people鈥檚 trust back on this issue, where they frankly just don鈥檛 trust us,鈥 Vance said.

    Two-thirds of Americans oppose the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision, according to a conducted this summer.

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