'I'm not even sure he can spell IVF': Tammy Duckworth doubts Trump on reproductive rights
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) blamed former President Donald Trump for undermining families' access to in vitro fertilization (IVF).
At a press conference on Tuesday, Duckworth promoted a bill that would establish a nationwide right to IVF and lower costs for the procedure.
Duckworth noted that she used IVF treatments to start a family after being injured in combat.
"It's a miracle, because after ten years of struggling with infertility, after being wounded in combat, I was only able to have my girls through the miracle of IVF," she explained. "But now, thanks to Donald Trump, that right to get reproductive care is at risk for millions of women across this great nation."
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"Look, I doubt that Donald Trump even knows what the acronym IVF stands for," she continued. "Heck, I'm not even sure half the time that he can spell IVF."
"But, you know, despite the incoherent, delusional, and frankly embarrassing ramblings that came out of his mouth last week, he is the reason that IVF is at risk in the first place."
Duckworth discounted Trump's recent claim that he would require insurance companies to cover IVF treatments if reelected.
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"What women don't need is a man who is found liable for sexual abuse controlling what we can or cannot do with our bodies," she said. "What we don't need are politicians who have sworn fealty to a convicted felon treating us like we are the criminals."
"All I'm asking of them is to simply support this bill that could represent millions of women's only chance of starting a family," the lawmaker added.