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Tom of Temecula

(1,151 posts)
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 08:19 AM Mar 29

RFK Jr.'s Running Mate Has Truly Unhinged Ideas on IVF and Sunlight

While the Republican Party grapples with the realization that it’s losing elections thanks to its own extreme positions on abortion and IVF, one political candidate on the national stage has decided to go even more extreme on the issue.

Robert F. Kennedy’s vice presidential pick, Nicole Shanahan, has attacked in vitro fertilization for years, and is apparently doing the heavy lifting on more extreme conservative talking points on reproductive rights while Kennedy himself remains relatively quiet. “It became abundantly clear that we just don’t have enough science for the things that we are telling and selling women,” Shanahan told the Australian Financial Review in February, referring to IVF. “It’s one of the biggest lies that’s being told about women’s health today.”

Shanahan’s beef with IVF reportedly began when she was turned away as a candidate for the procedure, with a clinic identifying her as a poor candidate due to a prior diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome, according to an interview she gave to The New Yorker last year.

Since then, Shanahan has invested millions into research that offers alternatives to the procedure, including funding some truly wacky ideas, like examining the “effects of two hours of morning sunlight on reproductive health.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/180236/rfk-jr-nicole-shanahan-ivf-sunlight

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RFK Jr.'s Running Mate Has Truly Unhinged Ideas on IVF and Sunlight (Original Post) Tom of Temecula Mar 29 OP
ho hum... quelle surprise. I would not expect any less from that crowd. CurtEastPoint Mar 29 #1
It's not like they have a chance to win, I do welcome the votes they'll peel off the GOP candidate ... marble falls Mar 29 #2
my instinct is that this anti vax thing plays better with the trumpers rampartc Mar 29 #5
I'm thinking covid isn't on hardly any RWer's minds and that there are those looking for Trump lite. marble falls Mar 29 #8
which is great rampartc Mar 29 #14
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I'll cover any bet you might want to make on TFG being the candidate. marble falls Mar 29 #9
Dems? You aren't from around here are you? We worried about Bobby? Disappointed, like the rest of his family. marble falls Mar 29 #10
I can think of a name for you Tom of Temecula Mar 29 #11
I see you've just joined. Welcome to DU, and enjoy your stay. How do you like your pizza? ms liberty Mar 29 #13
There is still a gigantic need for foster parents. pandr32 Mar 29 #15
"effects of two hours of morning sunlight on reproductive health" Bucky Mar 29 #3
still time to get out there and bleach! rampartc Mar 29 #6
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That's very interesting. Maybe when you're at the library you can find more information on that! marble falls Mar 29 #12
Well, she has a very clear personal agenda Iris Mar 29 #16
This is also horrible but I can't get over she had an affair with Elon muskrat! kimbutgar Mar 29 #17

marble falls

(57,104 posts)
2. It's not like they have a chance to win, I do welcome the votes they'll peel off the GOP candidate ...
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 08:29 AM
Mar 29

... whoever it's going to be. I have sympathy for her desire to bear children and being unable. I am sorry she was not a good candidate for IVF.

rampartc

(5,411 posts)
5. my instinct is that this anti vax thing plays better with the trumpers
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 08:34 AM
Mar 29

but "kennedy" is a powerful name among democrats.

i'd like to ignore this guy completely; let bannon and the pillow guy sell him to their rubes

rampartc

(5,411 posts)
14. which is great
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 08:47 AM
Mar 29

and rfk seems sane on economy and "entitlement" stuff , unlike every conservative "true believer."

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marble falls

(57,104 posts)
10. Dems? You aren't from around here are you? We worried about Bobby? Disappointed, like the rest of his family.
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 08:42 AM
Mar 29

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
15. There is still a gigantic need for foster parents.
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 01:15 PM
Mar 29

It may not be one's heart desire, but there are kids who have no chance for a normal family upbringing and love without people stepping up.

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
3. "effects of two hours of morning sunlight on reproductive health"
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 08:29 AM
Mar 29

Are they talking about the perineal sun bleaching?



rampartc

(5,411 posts)
6. still time to get out there and bleach!
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 08:37 AM
Mar 29

or i'll have to use my carlson endorsed testicle tanner this morning.

what is wrong with these people? any australopithecines who evolved to bleach their 'taint were washed overboard from the ark.

Response to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

kimbutgar

(21,162 posts)
17. This is also horrible but I can't get over she had an affair with Elon muskrat!
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 07:36 PM
Mar 29

To me that immediately disqualifies her!

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