Ahead of South Carolina primary, Trump says he strongly supports IVF after Alabama court ruling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

83% : Trump and Haley were campaigning Friday ahead of Saturday’s South Carolina Republican presidential primary, in which the former president is the overwhelming favorite, despite Haley having been twice elected South Carolina governor.
69% : Trump’s was measured in thousands.
56% : Nonetheless, anti-abortion advocates have suggested courts should go further to rule embryos are children, though that would sharply ramp up restrictions on treatments like IVF.
51% : In 2016, Trump used that system to sweep South Carolina’s delegates.
50% : Speaking Friday night in Columbia, South Carolina, Trump acknowledged the tension among Republicans over the issue and said he had received praise for supporting IVF.
50% : In his social media post, Trump steered clear of declaring embryos to be distinct humans worthy of legal protection.
44% : Haley’s approach, however, has yet to persuade enough Republican primary voters, with Trump running up wide margins in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
42% : But, Trump said mockingly, “I have an obligation” to mention Haley before polls open Saturday.
37% : Trump has taken credit for the ruling overturning Roe but also warned Republicans about going too far adopting statutory restrictions on abortions, lest the party lose support from moderate voters.
30% : As president, Trump nominated three of the justices who overturned Roe and paved the way for state lawmakers across the country to impose dramatic restrictions on access to abortion.
30% : “All she does is put Trump down,” he said.
27% : She repeated her pledge to stay in the primary fight at least until the March 5 Super Tuesday primaries, and she again hammered Trump for cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
18% : As she campaigned Friday in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Haley stuck to her argument that Trump, who has been indicted four times, is too big a risk for Republicans to nominate again.
9% : Jim Schurtz, a 72-year-old retired engineer who came to hear Trump on Friday in Rock Hill, went so far as to say Haley had been “a terrible governor.”
1% : In Rock Hill, Trump spent more time on a string of attacks directed at Biden, former President Barack Obama and Republican Sen. Mitt Romney than he did talking about Haley.

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