February 22, 2024: GOP faces IVF ruling backlash

Following a ruling in Alabama that grants legal personhood to frozen
embryos, Republicans are bracing for another round of backlash — and for
more punishing headlines likely to turn off swing voters, suburbanites
and women ahead of the 2024 election. Why? The ruling ventures into
virtually unexplored legal territory that could see IVF and other
fertility treatments targeted and effectively banned in states that have
embraced major restrictions on abortion, including fetal personhood
laws. Yet an overwhelming majority of Americans support IVF, suggesting
that Republicans may be walking on thin ice. Health care reporter Alice
Miranda Ollstein talks Playbook deputy editor Zack Stanton through the
situation.