IVF is GOP kryptonite. RFK Jr.'s running mate wants a piece of it
Donald Trump may have ignored and downplayed the dangers of a deadly, raging pathogen in order to boost America’s financial sector, but independent anti-vax candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wants the whole country to go viral.
And because the pro-measles lobby currently has very little cash on hand, Kennedy was forced to tap über-wealthy opinion-haver Nicole Shanahan—a woman who appears to share many of his anti-vax views—as his running mate. Unfortunately for Kennedy—and fortunately for anyone who’d prefer the government mail them N95 masks during the next pandemic instead of smallpox blankets—the opinions she has are so out of touch with mainstream (as in 21st century) thought, she’s likely to be a drag on the ticket, regardless of how much cash she can bring to his party.
There’s a reason why Republicans—dishonestly, to be clear—rushed to defend in vitro fertilization treatments after the Alabama Supreme Court determined frozen embryos were human beings with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and eventual defrosting. It’s because this particular form of homicide remains super popular among their voters.
In fact, according to a recent POLITICO investigation, Shanahan has been quoted as saying IVF is “one of the biggest lies that’s being told about women’s health today.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/30/2232459/-IVF-is-GOP-kryptonite-RFK-Jr-s-running-mate-wants-a-piece-of-it
