Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) said the decision by some Republicans to support in vitro fertilization does not undermine the Democratic Party’s messaging on protecting IVF.

The Alabama Supreme Court recently issued a decision that declared cryogenically frozen embryos as “extrauterine children,” with the decision making access to IVF more difficult. It comes as Democrats have focused on abortion rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022, which has been a winning stance for the party in elections held in 2022 and 2023.