RFK Jr. says he didn’t read Alabama IVF ruling, won’t say when life begins

COSTA MESA, Calif. — A week after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are people, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would not say when he thinks life begins.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Kennedy said the Alabama decision on in vitro fertilization — which has caused some IVF clinics to pause services in the state — was a mistake “to the extent that it limited access to” the fertility procedure. He said he had not read the decision, although he later reviewed it and said he “wholeheartedly” rejects the ruling.