Tim Walz Claimed He Has A Family ‘Because Of’ IVF – But His Wife Used A Different Fertility Treatment

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife did not use in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments in order to start their family, despite his multiple claims that the pair used it to start their family, multiple outlets reported.

Walz claimed in a March 4 post on X that he and his wife, Gwen, “have two incredible kids because of” IVF, and has repeatedly made similar claims while on the campaign trail. However, rather than using IVF, Walz’s wife used another common fertility procedure known as intrauterine insemination (IUI), which does not require embryos to be repeatedly created and discarded, she said in a statement obtained by the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

“Like so many who have experienced these challenges, we kept it largely to ourselves at the time – not even sharing the details with our wonderful and close family,” Gwen said in the statement. “The only person who knew in detail what we were going through was our next door neighbor. She was a nurse and helped me with the shots I needed as part of the IUI process. I’d rush home from school and she would give me the shots to ensure we stayed on track.”

The Harris-Walz campaign claimed that the discrepancy was because he was using “shorthand” to describe the treatment, The New York Times reported