Viewpoint: What do social conservatives really believe about IVF?

[S]eemingly stung by Kamala Harris’s assertion that IVF treatments have been curtailed “under Donald Trump’s abortion bans,” the former Republican president declared, “I have been a leader on IVF, which is fertilization. The IVF — I have been a leader.” To show exactly how much he knew about the reproductive technology, he repeated the word “fertilization” a few moments later.

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Trump is aware that most Americans are deeply unhappy with the right-wing drive to ban or limit IVF, which is currently most accessible to wealthier, whiter people — people who could plausibly vote Republican. The fact that the proposal faces opposition from his own party and no conceivable path to being enacted was, of course, beside the point.

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[I]t’s been illuminating to listen to what, exactly, normally loyal elements of the right have objected to, and to observe these responses alongside newly resurfaced comments from Trump’s chosen running mate, J.D. Vance. It’s clear that the socially conservative wing of the party opposes the freedom that IVF allows, especially for those whose life choices do not fit the right-wing ideal.

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