Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that expands access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
Trump, who bizarrely referred to himself as the ‘father of fertilization’ on the campaign trail, made the order while at his home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach.
His press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the order will ‘aggressively’ reduce out-of-pocket costs for the procedure that costs thousands of dollars.
‘PROMISES MADE. PROMISES KEPT: President Trump just signed an Executive Order to Expand Access to IVF!’ she wrote on X.
‘The Order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments.’
Trump bizarrely dubbed himself the ‘father’ of the fertility treatment in-vitro fertilization during a Fox News town hall event on the campaign trail.
‘We really are the party for IVF,’ Trump told Fox News host Harris Faulkner.
He then declared about himself: ‘I’m the father of IVF.’
Trump’s staff secretary Will Scharf told reporters that the order was crafted because IVF, which can run up to $25,000 or more per cycle, have become ‘unaffordable’ for Americans.
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that expands access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF)
Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the order will ‘aggressively’ reduce out-of-pocket costs for the procedure
It will direct the Domestic Policy Council to ‘examine ways to make IVF and other fertility treatments affordable for more Americans.’
Trump has shifted on the issue of IVF multiple times as he tried to win over evangelical Republicans and women over the tricky issue of reproductive health.
He made a campaign pledge to require the government to pay for IVF treatments, which was met with an icy reception by many on the far right.
Trump, who bizarrely referred to himself as the ‘father of fertilization’ on the campaign trail, made the order while at his home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach
The order was crafted because IVF, which can run up to $25,000 or more per cycle, have become ‘unaffordable’ for Americans
Trump’s alternative to setting out his own policy on abortion, and the point when life begins, has been to say that it was an issue for states to decide.
Some Catholics avoid the practice because of Church teachings that it is immoral and because the practice often involves destruction of human embryos.
A ruling in Alabama last year declaring frozen embryos ‘children’ became a flashpoint for arguments over reproductive rights.
The state supreme court declared that anyone destroying them could be liable for wrongful death.
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