{"id":2327651,"date":"2024-08-20T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-lied-about-ivf-for-years-to-attack-pro-lifers\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T15:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T19:29:21","slug":"tim-walz-lied-about-ivf-for-years-to-attack-pro-lifers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-lied-about-ivf-for-years-to-attack-pro-lifers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Walz Lied About IVF For Years To Attack Pro-Lifers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-walz-lied-about-ivf-for-years-to-attack-pro-lifers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2327651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Minnesota \u2063Governor\u2062 Tim Walz is embroiled in controversy \u200cregarding \u200dhis claims about his \u200bfamily\u2019s conception\u2063 methods, particularly in vitro fertilization (IVF). Since being named \u2062Vice \u200cPresident Kamala\u2064 Harris\u2019s running mate, Walz has\u2064 emphasized the personal nature of IVF in his family story, stating at a rally, &#8220;This gets\u200d personal for me\u200c and my \u200cfamily.&#8221; \u2064However, it has since \u200bcome \u2062to light that he and his wife, Gwen, used intrauterine insemination (IUI) rather than IVF, which involves \u2063different methods and ethical considerations concerning embryos. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Walz&#8217;s prior assertions that IVF was integral to starting \u2062his family, recent verification indicates \u200bthat they never underwent IVF, a \u200bclaim that has been largely overlooked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-he-guilty-of-sexual-misconduct-depends-on-his-political-party\/\" title=\"Is He Guilty Of Sexual Misconduct? Depends On His Political Party.\">major media outlets<\/a> until now. Such outlets \u2063noted that Walz had previously linked \u2064his experiences with IVF multiple\u2062 times in public speaking, calling it\u2064 vital for their family building. \u2064Critics argue that his framing of IUI as IVF is a calculated political strategy, misleadingly conflating terms surrounding assisted reproductive technologies. <\/p>\n<p>There hasn&#8217;t been significant legal \u2062discourse surrounding bans on IUI \u200dor IVF itself\u2064 in states, despite \u2063claims made during political campaigns. In light\u2064 of\u200b these revelations, Walz&#8217;s prior comments, and commentary from campaign representatives, suggest a deliberate \u200bvagueness\u200b in how he \u2064presented his\u200b family\u2019s \u2064conception \u2063story to align with political\u200b messaging surrounding reproductive rights\u200b and\u200c health.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was recently exposed for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/09\/regime-approved-fact-checkers-rush-to-downplay-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lying about his military service<\/a>, is at the center of another controversy &mdash; this time about the circumstances surrounding the conception of his two children.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since he was named Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; running mate, Walz&rsquo;s alleged experience with in vitro fertilization has become a prominent and pivotal talking point.<\/p>\n<p>He told rallygoers in Philadelphia the night that he accepted the VP nomination that IVF is &ldquo;personal for me and my family.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&rsquo;s Walz two weeks ago in Philadelphia talking about IVF: &ldquo;This gets personal for me and my family&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ElUSdMu4QO\">pic.twitter.com\/ElUSdMu4QO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1825900043078980035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Mere days later, Walz claimed that &ldquo;if it was up to [J.D. Vance], I wouldn&rsquo;t have a family because of IVF. &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Walz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tim_Walz<\/a>: If it was up to JD Vance, I wouldn&#8217;t have a family because of IVF. Democrats are investing in prenatal care. We&#8217;re the ones that are for universal pre-K. We&#8217;re the ones that are providing school meals. I&#8217;m not gonna back down one bit on this whole family values&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jdbKmpuh4K\">pic.twitter.com\/jdbKmpuh4K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1821904074649883007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&rsquo;s Walz recently in Arizona telling the same story, this time while pretending to cry: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not crying you&rsquo;re crying&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ugTb9NMF1e\">pic.twitter.com\/ugTb9NMF1e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1825902410381840851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Even before Walz became a player in the 2024 presidential election, the Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GovTimWalz\/posts\/pfbid02swD9HSQehq35xxzP26GsBBAVgEUuC6dfNihFfedRawcy5khrjAMU9k7PN1e5o8Vfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explicitly linked himself<\/a> and his family-building experience to IVF. His deception dates back as far as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/19\/us\/tim-walz-fertility-pregnancy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2017<\/a>, when he served as ranking Democrat on the House Veterans Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Gwen and I have two beautiful children because of reproductive health care like IVF,&rdquo; he wrote on Facebook in February. &ldquo;This issue is deeply personal to our family and so many others.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>During his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.mn.gov\/docs\/2024\/other\/240640.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State of the State address in March<\/a>, Walz criticized the Alabama Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling that embryos are protected under the state&rsquo;s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What those judges did was a direct attack on my family. My children,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Walz&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gloves-are-off-christina-pushaw-resigns-to-join-desantis-campaign\/\" title=\"\u2018The Gloves Are Off\u2019: Christina Pushaw Resigns To Join DeSantis Campaign\">gubernatorial reelection campaign<\/a> even fundraised off campaign mailers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/19\/us\/tim-walz-fertility-pregnancy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that further declared<\/a> &ldquo;My wife and I used I.V.F. to start a family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times and other corporate media did not fact-check Walz&rsquo;s claims. Instead, outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/06\/us\/politics\/tim-walz-harris-vp-facts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NYT<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/walz-harris-ivf-abortion-reproductive-rights-55cb772464c99ba9c2b4c2043cb87560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/gov-walz-shares-his-familys-ivf-journey-as-democrats-look-to-guarantee-access-to-treatments\/600350793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Minnesota Star Tribune<\/a> took the Democrat&rsquo;s word for it because he came across, as NYT put it, as a &ldquo;powerful messenger for the Democratic Party on a difficult issue for Republican leaders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t until years into his governorship and weeks into his role as Democrats&rsquo; 2024 vice presidential nominee that the propagandists running the nation&rsquo;s newsrooms bothered to seek clarification about Walz&rsquo;s IVF comments from the Harris-Walz campaign. Sure enough, Walz and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/20\/politics\/gwen-walz-fertility-struggles\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his wife, Gwen<\/a>, admitted that they relied on intrauterine insemination (IUI) to have their two children, not IVF.<\/p>\n<p>IUI is technically a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-announces-major-investment-in-ivf-to-reverse-birth-rate-collapse\/\" title=\"China Announces Major Investment in IVF to Reverse Birth Rate Collapse\">assisted reproductive technology<\/a>, but it is completely different than morally and ethically marred practices like IVF because it does not involve serially creating or destroying embryos outside of the womb. Instead, IUI involves manually placing sperm in the uterus during ovulation to increase the chances of conception. <\/p>\n<p>NYT suggested Walz might have merely mixed up the terms after &ldquo;entering a world of dizzying and occasionally awkward medical terminology.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some patients say they are &lsquo;doing I.V.F.&rsquo; as a catchall phrase for a wide range of fertility treatments,&rdquo; NYT argued. &ldquo;Mr. Walz has said that he and his wife spent seven years trying to have children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This excuse was directly regurgitated by Harris-Walz campaign spokeswoman Mia Ehrenberg, who told NYT that &ldquo;Governor Walz talks how normal people talk&rdquo; and was simply &ldquo;using commonly understood shorthand for fertility treatments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz&rsquo;s attempt to pass off his experience with a practice that mimics natural conception as one that involves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/art\/artdata\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manufacturing big batches of embryos<\/a> that will likely be <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/07\/orchid-healths-genome-testing-promises-healthy-babies-but-delivers-morally-deplorable-eugenics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">graded, discarded<\/a>, or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/02\/theres-only-one-way-for-the-1-million-embryos-stuck-in-frozen-orphanages-to-make-it-out-alive-adoption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abandoned in freezers<\/a>, however, was clearly a political move.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to both Democrat and Republican claims, no state has seriously considered banning either IUI or IVF. In fact, in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court&rsquo;s acknowledgment that embryos are human life, not property, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/29\/1235023057\/alabama-ivf-bill-passes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/25\/lousiana-republicans-democrats-advance-bill-granting-immunity-for-killing-embryos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legislatures<\/a> across the U.S. actively worked to further solidify the serial creation and destruction of embryos as a practice immune to recourse in their state.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Democrats including Walz have lumped immunity for Big Fertility and IVF into the party&rsquo;s radical quest to codify unlimited abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. <\/p>\n<p>Pro-lifers&rsquo; fundamental opposition to the destruction of human life, either through discard or dismemberment, hasn&rsquo;t changed since the beginning of the movement. Democrats&rsquo; position on both abortion and ART, however, has quickly devolved into an extremism that elevates profit and convenience at the expense of women&rsquo;s and children&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/26\/big-fertility-harms-babies-and-women-so-why-are-we-celebrating-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safety<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/07\/federal-judge-says-fda-wrongfully-approved-abortion-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lives.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>They do this with the help of corporate media like the NYT, which pretends pro-lifers wanting to protect babies starting at conception <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/16\/the-new-york-times-is-shocked-that-pro-lifers-are-serious-about-protecting-babies-at-conception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is radical<\/a> but Democrats&rsquo; deliberate deceptions about IVF and abortion can be rationalized. The media&rsquo;s latest attempt to wave off yet another one of Walz&rsquo;s lies is only happening because that lie is convenient to the Democrats&rsquo; 2024 political strategy.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who recently faced scrutiny for misrepresenting his military service, is now embroiled in a new controversy regarding the conception of his two children. Following his selection as Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; running mate, Walz&#8217;s claimed experience with in vitro fertilization (IVF) has emerged as a significant topic of discussion. During a rally in Philadelphia on the night he accepted the VP nomination, he stated that IVF is &#8220;personal for me and my family.&#8221; Just days later, he asserted that if it were up to J.D. Vance, he wouldn&#8217;t have a family due to IVF.<\/p>\n<p>In recent appearances, including one in Arizona where he appeared emotional while discussing this topic, Walz has consistently linked his family&#8217;s story to IVF. His claims date back to 2017 when he was serving as the ranking Democrat on the House Veterans Affairs Committee; at that time, he shared on Facebook how reproductive health care like IVF allowed him and his wife Gwen to have their two children.<\/p>\n<p>During his State of the State address earlier this year, Walz criticized an Alabama Supreme Court ruling regarding embryo protection laws and described it as an attack on his family. His reelection campaign even highlighted their use of IVF in fundraising materials.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these assertions being unchallenged by major media outlets like The New York Times and The Associated Press\u2014who viewed him as an effective advocate for Democrats on contentious issues\u2014it wasn&#8217;t until much later that questions arose about Walz&#8217;s comments. Eventually, both Walz and Gwen clarified that they actually used intrauterine insemination (IUI) rather than IVF to conceive their children. While IUI is also considered assisted reproductive technology, it differs significantly from IVF because it does not involve creating or discarding embryos outside of the womb; instead, IUI involves placing sperm directly into the uterus during ovulation.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times suggested that Walz may have confused terms due to complex medical jargon often associated with fertility treatments. This explanation was echoed by campaign spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg who claimed that &#8220;Governor Walz talks how normal people talk&#8221; and was simply using common terminology related to fertility treatments.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics argue that framing IUI\u2014a method resembling natural conception\u2014as equivalent to practices involving embryo creation reflects a political strategy rather than genuine confusion about medical terminology. Contrary to claims from both parties suggesting potential bans on either treatment method\u2014neither IUI nor IVF has been seriously considered for prohibition at any state level\u2014in fact many states are reinforcing protections around these practices following legal developments concerning embryos&#8217; status.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats like Walz have intertwined discussions about reproductive technologies with broader party goals surrounding abortion rights throughout pregnancy stages while pro-life advocates maintain consistent opposition against any destruction of human life through such methods or procedures. The media\u2019s handling of this narrative appears influenced by political convenience ahead of upcoming elections rather than objective reporting standards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2327652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-at-10.53.42%E2%80%AFAM-e1724169345908.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[32468,5894,8347,36113],"class_list":["post-2327651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-ivf","tag-politics","tag-pro-life","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-at-10.53.42%E2%80%AFAM-e1724169345908.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}