Katie Britt

The presence of Alabama’s junior senator at a White House event on maternal health reminded President Donald Trump of the time she convinced him to support in-vitro fertilization treatments amid a controversial state Supreme Court ruling.

“She’s the one that got me into this, I have to tell you,” Trump said Monday in introducing Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., at the event.

The president sought reassurance from Britt that she will remain a supporter.

“I hope she always remains loyal to me so I can continue to support her,” Trump said.

“You’ve got it,” Britt replied.

“I would hate to go against her. That will never happen, Katie, right?” the president asked.

“That’s right, sir,” Britt responded.

The president went on to praise Britt, recalling the time he endorsed her Senate campaign in 2022.

Trump’s endorsement came after he withdrew his backing of her GOP opponent, Mo Brooks, after claiming the conservative congressman became “woke” for telling a Trump rally in Cullman to move past the 2020 election.

“She’s a fantastic woman. She’s a great senator. I got lucky. I was supporting somebody else and then I realized that that somebody else wasn’t very good,” Trump said.

That “somebody else” was Brooks, then a congressman who incurred Trump’s wrath over his remarks on the election during a rally in Cullman.

“I said, ‘who’s that young woman I met?’ I was so impressed. They said, ‘Her name is Katie Britt. I said, ‘Let me talk to her.’ I talked to her, I endorsed her. She won in a landslide,” Trump said.

“And you’ve been winning in landslides ever since,” Trump continued. “You’ve been doing a great job, Katie. Thank you very much.”

Britt has not faced another election since her 2022 race; she’s up for reelection in 2028.

Trump recalled a pivotal phone call from Britt in 2024 that influenced his stance on IVF treatments.

“I wasn’t an expert on IVF, but I have common sense,” Trump told the “Flagrant” podcast co-hosted by comedian Andrew Schulz.

“Some women called me, and actually Katie Britt called me – the senator from Alabama who’s really a young, good politician, smart ... She called me up she said, ‘Sir, women have come to me and almost attacked me, and they’re my best friends. ... that the judge shut down IVF,” Trump recounted.

The decision, which said that the couples whose embryos were destroyed can sue for wrongful death, was made by the Alabama Supreme Court, not a single judge.

It also did not outlaw IVF treatments, but clinics paused treatments over concerns that they could be sued.

Trump said he asked Britt to explain the issue to him.

“And she told me. I said, ‘No, it’s a great thing. It’s helping women have babies,’” the former president recalled.

Britt, the president said, was unaware of her friends who had undergone or were undergoing IVF who became concerned after the ruling.

“She said, ‘They’re literally attacking me,’” Trump recalled. “I know this, if you’re a woman, you’re not going to be telling Katie Britt, you’re not going to be telling your friends, ‘Hey, I’m going through IVF.’ Some will and some won’t.”

Trump said his position on IVF was formed five minutes into the phone call with Britt, adding that he “came out strongly in favor” of protecting the treatments “within 45 minutes” of the Alabama Supreme Court decision.