Former President Donald Trump said Thursday at a rally in Potterville, Michigan, that the federal government will mandate insurance companies to cover all costs related to in vitro fertilization treatments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m 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 treatments, <\/p>\n
fertilization for women,\u201d Trump said in a speech that aired on the Newsmax2 online streaming platform, \u201cbecause we want more babies, to put it very nicely.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd for the same reason, we will also allow new parents to deduct major newborn expenses from their taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump appears to be trying to derail a key issue used by Harris and Democrats since Alabama\u2019s Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos created through IVF are considered children. Democrats seized on the decision to cast Republicans as a threat to women\u2019s \u201creproductive rights,\u201d but Trump and other GOP leaders sharply criticized the Alabama court\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n
Trump said the costs of IVF treatments are exorbitant. Forbes reported in 2023 a single IVF cycle \u2014 defined as ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, and embryo transfer \u2014 can range from $15,000 to $30,000, depending on the center and the patient\u2019s medication needs, and medications can account for up to 35% of those charges.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re pro-family. Nobody has said that before,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBut the IVF treatments are expensive. It\u2019s very hard for many people to do it and to get it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019ve been in favor of IVF right from the beginning. If you talk to [Democrats], they\u2019ll say, \u2018Oh, he really doesn\u2019t like it.\u2019 They have ads that I\u2019m against it. It\u2019s just the opposite.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy comparison, they\u2019re against it. But I\u2019m totally in favor of it. But we\u2019re going to do what I just said. We\u2019re going to pay for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will help families because a lot of families can\u2019t use it, and a lot of these same families have been hurt so badly by their inflation. They caused the inflation, and we are going to pay for the IVF treatments. We\u2019re going to pay for it and take care of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Republican Party has taken a more moderate stance toward abortion since the Supreme Court ended the federal right to the procedure in June 2022. Trump said he is in favor of a 15-week limit and has denied claims by Harris and Democrats that he favors a nationwide federal ban on abortions<\/p>\n
Earlier Thursday, he reportedly said he will vote for a proposed constitutional amendment in Florida that would overturn the state\u2019s six-week abortion ban, telling the Daily Mail he thinks it should be more than six weeks. The initiative, known as Amendment 4, would restrict abortions before fetal viability, which is typically 23-24 weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I do know\u201d how I will vote, \u201cbut I do want more than six weeks,\u201d said Trump, who is registered to vote in Florida. \u201cI want more than six weeks. I think six weeks is a mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019ll be expressing that soon, but I want more than six weeks. And in Florida, we have a six-week program. And that\u2019s what I believe that you\u2019re voting on, and I think it should be more than six weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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