Former President Donald Trump has unveiled a new policy proposal that would require either the government or insurance companies to cover the costs of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments.
“I’m announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump administration, your government will pay for—or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for—all costs associated with IVF treatment,” he said during at an event in Michigan. “Because we want more babies, to put it nicely.”
When pressed on whether the government or insurance companies would be responsible for covering IVF services, Trump reiterated that one option would involve mandating insurance companies to pay.
“We’re going to be mandating that the insurance company pay,” Trump stated.
IVF, a fertility treatment, has become a contentious issue in the 2024 campaign.
Democrats have taken aim at Republicans up and down the ballot, arguing that GOP-led abortion restrictions could lead to limitations on IVF as well.
The issue gained renewed attention after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that embryos should be considered people, leading some clinics in the state to suspend IVF services. This ruling has sparked a nationwide debate over reproductive rights and access to fertility treatments.
In recent months, Republican lawmakers have faced significant backlash over measures that critics say limit access to reproductive health care, including IVF. The issue was central in Democratic campaigning during the 2022 midterm elections.
Trump’s proposed policy seems to be a move to counteract this negative perception by showing his support for fertility treatments, which are crucial for many families.
After the Alabama ruling in February, Trump took to Truth Social, declaring his intention to “make it easier for mothers and fathers to have babies, not harder!”
However, as the campaign enters its final stages, the campaign for Trump’s opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, has dismissed Trump’s concerns, stating that the former president had “appointed an openly anti-IVF judge to the federal bench and has not ruled out signing legislation that could threaten IVF access for families across the country.”
Trump made the announcement while campaigning in Michigan and Wisconsin, ramping up his battleground state travel heading into the traditional Labor Day turn toward the fall election.
Trump has focused on trying to recapture the states he won in 2016 but narrowly lost in 2020, as he continues to adjust to the reality of his new race against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
He stopped in Potterville, Michigan, on Thursday near the state capital of Lansing, where he railed against the Biden administration over inflation, accusing Harris and President Joe Biden of presiding over “an economic reign of terror” and “committing one financial atrocity after another.”
Trump narrowly won Michigan in 2016 before losing it to Biden in 2020.
Bless you Mr. President!
Trump 2024
Then he needs to overhaul insurance companies or the cost will be passed on to everybody else.
Trump the President of LIFE
Harris the President of DEATH
PLAIN AND SIMPLE PEOPLE
VOTE ACCORDINGLY
I don’t really want to pay for ivf. People’s insurance is already too expensive.
This was a blanket statement which needs to be clarified, I think it should be less expensive for people who need to do this process, IVF is important, however the insurance companies need to be regulated, because insurance is way too expensive now, so this plan needs to be fine tuned !!