By April Rubin
Published August 29, 2024
Former President Trump said on Thursday that the cost of in vitro fertilization would be covered by the government or insurance companies for “all Americans that need it” if he is elected in November.
The big picture: The GOP presidential nominee said he’d mandate the coverage but didn’t specify how his proposal would work.
- “We’re doing this because we just think it’s great and we need great children, beautiful children in our country,” Trump told NBC News.
Catch up quick: IVF has become a friction point in politics since Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that embryos were considered people.
- After clinics paused IVF care, the GOP presidential nominee said he supported IVF availability.