Posted on 08/30/2024 12:17:32 AM PDT by Morgana
POTTERVILLE, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview with NBC News on Thursday that if he is elected, his administration would not only protect access to in-vitro fertilization but would also have either the government or insurance companies cover the cost of the expensive service for American women who need it.
"We are going to be, under the Trump administration, we are going to be paying for that treatment," Trump said before adding, "We're going to be mandating that the insurance company pay."
Asked to clarify whether the government would pay for IVF services or whether insurance companies would do so, Trump reiterated that one option would be to have insurance companies pay "under a mandate, yes."
Abortion and IVF have been political liabilities for the GOP this year. Democrats have blasted Republicans over IVF in recent months, saying GOP-led restrictions on abortion could lead to restrictions on IVF, as well.
In a statement, Sarafina Chitika, a spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, said that "Donald Trump’s own platform could effectively ban IVF and abortion nationwide" and that "because Trump overturned Roe v. Wade, IVF is already under attack and women’s freedoms have been ripped away in states across the country. There is only one candidate in this race who trusts women and will protect our freedom to make our own health care decisions: Vice President Kamala Harris.”
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I agree. No. No. No.
It’s a waste of time and money. The vast majority of IVF doesn’t work.
Adopt if you want children and can’t have them.
Sorry…all for helping more babies born. We are not meeting replacement levels of population! I had friends in 1980’s who were injured by dalcon shield iud. They were destroyed by this birth control bs… young women trusting what these aholes sold them. They were out of luck for IVF unless they had the money to pay for it.
It causes breast cancer.
I’m beginning to wonder if he’s telling the truth that he thinks God saved him that day. Or is he just saying that to please the evangelicals?
Wow…what a snarky comment! Let’s see what you say after someone tries to blow your brain out! POS!
Government is too big. It’s out of control. Always expanding. The founding fathers would be appalled.
The best thing about Trump winning this election is that he won’t be able to run again.
Just stop it Donald! This is getting to be insane. Kamala moves to the right and you move to the left? WTF?
Naw. The best thing about Trump winning is that he’s the only person who has a chance to reverse the globalist/leftist takeover of the country before we become Venezuela-North. I don’t agree with subsidizing IVF, but anyone who puts IVF policy over
- reversing the growing threat of global war,
- closing the border and deporting illegals,
- stopping the country’s economic collapse,
- stopping the crime and fentanyl epidemics,
- preventing the collapse of the dollar and the federal budget,
- and cleaning out the FBI, CIA and the rest of the federal bureaucracy,
has lost all perspective and doesn’t have his priorities in order.
Trump will not make gov't nor the debt smaller. He has a track record.
If you did not like those things about Trump, there was a primary where he won.
Trump is now our nominee and althought I disagree with him on many issues and he will hurt this nation with certain policies, he is far, far better than Harris and will get my vote.
Just like I held my nose to vote for Romney, I will vote for Trump.
Finally! Trump is addressing the pretend Catholics.
People are allowed to make choices that have bad repercussions for themselves. Let them know that is the risk and let them decide.
Just make sure they pay for it themselves.
Exactly. IVF is child murder. No Christian can support it.
Eh, I am torn on that one
One, we desparately need babies to fix the demographic spread between young and old
The Nation should encourage young Men and Women to form families and raise children and continue our culture and traditions
The natural, God given way should be option 1.
IVF could be an option 2 or 3
Did anyone else notice that Michael said they used IFV in “her” speech?
I guess Sarafina Chitika never heard that the Supreme Court did that and not Trump. Par for the course.
Candidates can spout all of the BS they want on IVF, but anyone with a brain knows that it will take Congressional legislation to implement most of the things spoken about.
Dulled weapons deployed in political blood sports.
The government needs to stay the hell out of people’s private lives period.
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