Sen. Katie Britt will stride onto the national stage to deliver GOP’s State of the Union response

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two days after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that threatened fertility clinics in the state, Sen. Katie Britt placed a call to former President Donald Trump.

Britt wanted Trump, then on a plane headed to South Carolina, to understand the significance of what had happened. The court’s ruling that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law was already blocking access to in vitro fertilization at clinics across the state. Britt made the argument to Trump that the practice should be embraced by the Republican Party — it is pro-life and pro-family, she said.

Within hours of the conversation, Trump issued a statement that said he would “strongly support the availability of IVF,” and he called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the treatment.

“I got a call from Katie Britt, a very wonderful young senator in Alabama,” Trump recalled in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity several days later. “And I said, we want that. We want people to help. We’re on the side of women.”

After only a year in the Senate, Brit is wielding her influence — and her blend of experience as a former congressional staffer and mother — to carve out a unique role in the party. As the youngest female senator, she represents a new generation of Republicans in a volatile political era. And the party is now amplifying her voice, entrusting Britt to deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Thursday evening.

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