Nikki Haley backs sweeping Alabama court IVF ruling: ‘Embryos, to me, are babies’

By Samantha-Jo Roth

Published February 21, 2024 5:46pm ET

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said in an interview Wednesday that she agrees with a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision that found frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization are considered people in the state.

“Embryos, to me, are babies,” Haley told NBC News. “When you talk about an embryo, you are talking about, to me, that’s a life. And so I do see where that’s coming from when they talk about that.”