Johnson Dodges On Whether IVF Constitutes “Murder”

March 7, 2024 Christianists, Republicans

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that in vitro fertilization and the handling of embryos remains an issue that “policymakers have to determine how to handle.”

“We need to look at the ethics surrounding that issue, but it’s an important one,” Johnson told “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil on Thursday. “If you do believe that life begins at conception, it’s a really important question to wrestle with.”

Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, made clear his support for the “sanctity of life” as well as IVF. But he then said there’s an “ethical handling” of the issue that must be considered by states.

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Q: Do you see standard IVF practices as murder?

Mike Johnson: It’s something that we’ve got to grapple with. It’s a brave new world. IVF’s only been invented in the early 1970s pic.twitter.com/URPibDJE3m

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