Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday a new plan to make IVF widely available and subsidized by the federal government.
“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,” Trump said at a Michigan campaign event, referring to the fertility treatment that involves creating an embryo in a lab setting and then implanting it under medically controlled conditions.
“Because we want more babies, to put it very nicely. … But the IVF treatments are expensive. It’s very hard for many people to do it and to get it, but I’ve been in favor of IVF, right from the beginning,” the former president added.
On its face, this is an appealing idea. Who wouldn’t want to help couples struggling with infertility? And Trump is right: We do need more…
