Trump’s IVF Plan Is a Mistake

Vanessa Brown Calder

On the campaign trail last week, former President Trump promised that under a future Trump administration, “government will pay” or “your insurance company will be mandated to pay” for all IVF treatment costs. Trump described the policy in pro-natal terms (“we want more babies”) and said he has always been in favor of IVF.

It is certainly positive to see the top of the Republican ticket vocally in favor of in vitro fertilization (IVF), particularly in light of recent comments by conservative critics.