Gov. Lee says he supports IVF

What he's saying: "I'm generally in favor of IVF, without speaking to that case," Lee said in an interview with Politico's Natalie Allison (who previously reported at the Tennessean).

• Other Republican governors who spoke at the same Politico event echoed Lee's IVF support.

The big picture: The ruling marks the first time a court has recognized frozen embryos as human beings. It raises vast legal questions in the post-Roe landscape, including how and if leftover embryos can ever be disposed of, Axios' Tina Reed reports.

• IVF advocates worry that the ruling could encourage other states with strict abortion bans to pursue IVF restrictions. Tennessee's abortion ban is among the strictest in the country.

By the numbers: Roughly 2% of children in the U.S. are born using assisted reproductive technology, such as IVF, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.