The general understanding is she used artificial insemination, not IVF

[muriel_volestrangler]

see eg https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218710486 or https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/22/politics/nikki-haley-alabama-ivf-ruling/index.html

as the CNN link shows, she's trying to have it both ways, though - she says "an embryo is a baby", thinks the judges ruled correctly given Alabama law, but thinks the law should be changed.