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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.

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[–] Kyrrrr@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 8 months ago

Can we send all the unused or unwanted embryos to Alabama? If they think they're children, they'll want to pay to keep them frozen for all time right?

[–] Introversion@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Own it, you coward.

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Doesn't matter, the only possible chance Haley has is if Trump gets convicted of something between now and November. Haley is raising awareness for her 2028 campaign.

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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Because they know their supporters will only hear the first comments and the people who are on the fence will be the ones paying close enough attention to hear the walk back later.

[–] spider@lemmy.nz -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Nikki Haley is suddenly trying to claim she never said what she said.

And we thought only Biden and Trump were having cognitive issues...

Edit: Some people apparently don't get it.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Nah, this is just saying something moronic and then frantically trying to do damage control when it turned out people didn't like it.

Typical sleazy politician move that has nothing to do with cognitive function.

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