Donald Trump supports IVF | Tulsi Gabbard shares her IVF experience

I want to start with one that's very personal to me hard to talk about sometimes um this is only the second time I've spoken about it publicly but my husband and I were married almost 10 years ago we wanted to start a family we were very excited about it unfortunately it was very difficult uh we we were not successful in trying to get pregnant for us IVF seemed to be the only option and the last Resort uh as you know it's a it's a pretty difficult process it's very very expensive I was in Congress at the time traveling I would carry the medicine that I had to administer shots to myself sometimes in an airport bathroom and and ultimately the most difficult part was every time going to the doctor for another transfer and and hoping that it would result in a positive pregnancy test and then being heartbroken over over and over every time that test came back negative now I know some of your opponents your political opponents are saying that you want to ban IVF while it did for us it's worked for a lot of families and uh I I just know that there are women and and couples In This Crowd or those who are watching here tonight who may be going through this same struggle and are concerned about being able to have this option either because they might not be able to afford it or they're concerned that it just may not be available and I'd love for you to talk to them about how they should feel well thank you very much telsey and I didn't know about your situation and uh it's tough stuff right tough life is pretty tough it can be beautiful but it can be difficult uh we are doing something with IVF because IVF as you know from Friends people you know it's really worked out very well well for a lot of people it gave them a child when they would not have had a child and uh I told my people I wanted to look at this a couple of weeks ago and as you know we have uh no taxes on a thing call tips you know that and I said tell me we did three things we did that and we did no tax for seniors on Social Security benefits we want to have that and I've been seeing a lot of IVF and I kept hearing that I'm against it and I'm actually very much for it in fact in Alabama where the judge ruled against it and I countered the judge and came out with a very strong statement for it and the Alabama very quick in your response to that I was but they were too they were amazing the legislature approved virtually my statement I'm in full