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For Tim Walz, the IVF Political Battles Are Personal
Published by: Time. Read the full article.
For Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, the fight over in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures is not only about politics—it’s about his own family.
The Minnesota governor is open about how he and his wife, Gwen Walz, conceived their children Hope, 23, and Gus, 17, through a challenging IVF journey. Now he’s sharing his personal experience with voters on the biggest political stage in the country while the future of the procedure is in jeopardy.
The Harris-Walz campaign has made it clear that protecting abortion rights, IVF, and fertility treatment are all policy priorities if they win the White House in November. The issues have taken on new urgency after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and the Alabama supreme court ruled in February that frozen embryos have the legal rights of children.
After bipartisan pushback, Alabama lawmakers passed laws protecting IVF providers so the services could resume in the state. But with IVF’s future uncertain in states that have fetal personhood laws, Democrats and reproductive rights advocates believe Walz’s ability to speak from personal experience will be a powerful asset to the ticket.
