Abbott Admits to Knowing Very Little About IVF But Promises Texas Will 'Address' the Issue

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Rolling Stone

February 25, 2024


Even though Gov. Greg Abbott openly admitted he knows very little about in-vitro fertilization (IVF), he signaled he is eager for his state of Texas to put its “pro-life” stamp on the issue after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that IVF embryos are “extrauterine children” and should be treated as people under the law.

Abbott on Sunday appeared on CNN’s State of the Union where host Dana Bash asked if he agreed with the Alabama ruling that embryos are human beings under the law and whether families in Texas should be concerned that IVF would be restricted.

After saying he agreed with former President Donald Trump‘s recent statement supporting IVF access, Abbott admitted he knows little about the process. “You raise fact questions that are complex that I simply don’t know the answer to,” he said. “Let me give you a couple of examples. And that is, I have no idea mathematically the number of frozen embryos. Is it one, 10, 100, 1,000? Things like that matter. What I don’t know is, families who may have frozen embryos, what happens if they were done so that a mother could have a pregnancy, but after those embryos were frozen, the mother passes away?… What happens if, after the embryos are frozen, the mother and the husband, they get a divorce?”

“These are very complex issues, where I’m not sure everybody has really thought about what all the potential problems are,” he continued. “And, as a result, no one really knows what the potential answers are.”

Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/abbott-texas-ivf-1234975280/

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The first "test tube baby" was born 46 years ago in 1978 in the UK and the first one born in the U.S. was 43 years ago in 1981. It was all in the news back then.

[MLAA]

1. Of course the asshole knows nothing about it, it's a 'woman's health thing'.

[William Seger]

3. Even if he learned everything there is to know about it...

... he still wouldn't have any empathy for the women affected. His problem is not a lack of knowledge -- that never stopped him before -- it's that he needs to sort out the mixed political signals he's getting before taking a position.

[MLAA]

4. I meant to infer since it was a woman thing in his mind he neither needed nor wanted to know about it.

[William Seger]

8. Exactly; I was implying the same thing

[MLAA]

11. We are in full agreement! 😉

[usaf-vet]

6. Then STFU and let the medical experts take the lead. You and other (Rs) are hurting women and families healthcare.

If Abbott, the idiot, wants to offer up his opinion about living in a wheelchair, then I'll listen to his opinion.

[Rebl2]

2. Do republican

women know anything about it?

[wolfie001]

15. I'm thinking their spouses follow them into the voting booths.......nt

[Gore1FL]

5. I expect headlines of "TX Frozen Embryos bussed to Vice President's residence" nt

[Kennah]

7. Headline of the first six words would have sufficed

[prodigitalson]

9. 'these are complex issues but you can rest assured that I support tfg'

[mpcamb]

10. "Abbott Admits to Knowing Very Little". Let's stop right there.

Boy legislatures, especially republican boy legislatures and legislators, also know minuscule amounts about biology or women's health or needs.

Now there's an article that's begging to get written!

[area51]

13. Here's an apt op-ed cartoon:

[ancianita]

19. Awesome. I'ma use that one. Someone might soon be adding TX to this kind of meme.

[cstanleytech]

17. Ya. I was thinking the very same though I think it is more accurate to say he knows very little about almost

everything except how to ring the racist bigot bell.

[orleans]

12. grab your frozen eggs & embryos and run ladies!

get them out of dodge II while there is still time!

[wolfie001]

14. Amazing this flaming asshole is governor of our 2nd most populous state..........nt

[Hekate]

16. Not that it is any of our business, but since Abbott is all up in OUR business, I think we have a right...

…to know if he and Mrs Abbott needed any medical intervention to create their family, and if so, what kind?

(PS: Wikipedia says he and wifey have one daughter, adopted )

[Skittles]

18. he's so concerned about embryos

ACTUAL PEOPLE AT THE BORDER - not so much

he's a fucking HYPOCRITE - all this crap is just to manipulate the brain-dead GOP base

[pazzyanne]

20. This confirms!

ABBOTT IS AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

21. ExtraUterine children. Sort of like hydroponic tomato plants

He'll be busing truckfulls of refrigerated eggs and dumping them in NYC?

[twodogsbarking]

22. Tap dancing in a wheel chair.

[LastDemocratInSC]

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