Republican nominee former President Donald Trump told NBC News’ Dasha Burns on Thursday that if elected in November, he would make in-vitro fertilization (IVF) free for “all Americans that get it.”
“Under the Trump administration, we are going to be paying for that treatment,” he said. “Or we’re going to be mandating that the insurance company pay.”
“So, either the government will pay for it or the insurance company,” Burns reiterated.
“Under a mandate,” Trump interjected. “Yes.”
“As you know I was always for IVF, right from the beginning, as soon as we heard about it,” the former president told Burns during an interview in the battleground state of Michigan.
“It’s fertilization and it’s helping women, and men, and families,” he added. “But it’s helping women [be] able to have a baby. Some have great difficulty and a lot of them have been very happy with the results.”
“And we’re doing this because we just think it’s great,” Trump went on. “We need great children, beautiful children in our country.”
Following Trump’s remarks, CatholicVote took to X (formerly Twitter) and agreed with the former president that “we need more babies” and “to make having children easier, and more affordable.”
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“He’s wrong that IVF serves those goals,” CatholicVote noted, however:
We are opposed to any IVF mandate and will work with him and his administration to make clear that IVF puts women at risk, and destroys countless innocent living human embryos.
In the same interview, Burns asked Trump how he would be voting on a proposed pro-abortion amendment to the Florida state constitution.
While asking her question, Burns mentioned Florida’s current pro-life law, which Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last year. The legislation protects most unborn children after six weeks of gestation.
“Well, I think the six-week is too short,” Trump said. “It has to be more time. …And I’ve told them that I want more weeks.”
“So, you’ll vote in favor of the amendment?” Burns asked him.
“I’m going to be voting that we need more than six weeks,” Trump replied:
Everybody wanted Roe v. Wade terminated for years – 52 years. I got it done. They wanted it to go back to the states. Exceptions are very important for me, for Ronald Reagan, for others that have navigated this very very interesting and difficult path.
Trump had previously stated his opposition to Florida’s pro-life law, telling NBC last September that it was a “terrible mistake.”
In April, Trump also called his party to support IVF.
“The Republican Party should always be on the side of the miracle of life,” he said at the time. “IVF is an important part of that.”
LifeNews Note: Joshua Mercer writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.
