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Robin Abcarian: How the Alabama IVF ruling unmasks the hypocrisy of antiabortion zealots

Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen are introduced by Senator Joni Ernst during the Joni Ernst's Roast and Ride event on June 3, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.

We don't know whether former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, had any leftover embryos after they availed themselves of the advanced reproductive technology known as in vitro fertilization to become the parents of their three children, who are now adults.

In November 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, the virulently antiabortion Pence told CBS' "Face the Nation" that the couple had struggled with infertility for years and that he would never dream of trying to stop others from using such technology to have kids.

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