NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said Thursday that he is all for the Alabama Supreme Courts decision that frozen embryos are children.

He also said he opposes the effects of the ruling. And that he supports fertility treatments like IVF that are now being denied to women across his state as a result of the courts ruling. And that he wants to read the legislation more closely before saying more except there is no legislation.

The Alabama senator delivered this spectacular series of responses in the span of three minutes when asked for his reaction to the courts unprecedented decision on Tuesday .

The ruling is already having a chilling effect on families and fertility clinics in the state, who are now at risk of being held liable for wrongful death if they destroy unused embryos. At least two Alabama health clinics have halted IVF treatments , a devastating development for families in the state trying to have children who cannot do so without fertility assistance.

Tuberville initially didnt hesitate to praise the courts ruling when asked about it by reporters attending the Conservative Political Action Conference.

I was all for it, the Republican senator said cheerfully. You know, you just gotta look at everything going on in the country. Its just an attack on families, an attack on kids. You know, anything we can do for the future of our young people because theyre our No. 1 commodity.

His remarks made no sense, as families are now being denied the ability to try to have children through IVF. We need to have more kids, he continued. We need to have an opportunity to do that. I thought this was the right thing to do.

When it was pointed out that Alabama health clinics are halting IVF treatments as a result of the court decision, Tuberville started talking about abortion.

Well, thats for another conversation, he said. I think the big thing is, right now, you protect, you go back to the situation and try to work it out to where its best for everybody. I mean, thats what the whole abortion issue is about.

Except the courts decision wasnt about abortion. And the concern now is that families in Alabama might not have access to IVF anymore.

I know, I know, Tuberville said about that. I agree, people need to have access. We need more kids. We need people to have the opportunity to have kids.