Tim Walz’ claims about using IVF to have family aren’t exactly true: report

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, first lady Gwen Walz, have clarified that they conceived their children not through IVF, as the governor had previously said or implied in interviews, but through another fertility treatment.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, took to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to seize on the revelation and ask, "Who lies about something like that?" after asserting that Walz had deceived the public about having children via IVF, adding to his earlier attack that Walz had "lied" about his service in the National Guard.

But the Harris-Walz campaign hit back at Vance:

"The Trump campaign's attacks on Mrs. Walz are just another example of how cruel and out of touch Donald Trump and JD Vance are when it comes to women's healthcare," Harris-Walz campaign spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg told Fox News Digital. "Infertility is a deeply personal journey, but the Governor and Mrs. Walz came forward to share their story because they know that MAGA attacks on reproductive rights are putting all fertility treatments at risk."

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Harris campaign spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg argued to CNN that Tim Walz "talks how normal people talk. He was using commonly understood shorthand for fertility treatments." The couple did not receive in vitro fertilization (IVF) but instead intrauterine insemination (IUI).

In a statement shared with media, Gwen Walz said that the journey through fertility treatments is riddled with anxiety, agony and "desperation that can eat away at your soul."

"I cannot fathom the cruelty of politicians who want to take away the freedom for couples to access the care they need,"