Trump aims to make IVF treatments covered by government or insurance companies if elected

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he would either force insurance companies or the U.S. government to cover In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatments if he returns to the White House next year.

Abortion and IVF treatments have been controversial topics for Republicans this election cycle. The recent interest in IVF treatments stem from an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos from IVF were children.

Trump was not clear which way he would prefer for the treatments to be covered, by insurance companies or the government, but said one way he could force insurance companies to cover the expensive procedure is through a mandate.

"We are going to be, under the Trump administration, we are going to be paying for that treatment," Trump told NBC News in Michigan. "We're going to be mandating that the insurance company pay."

Only a small percentage of insurance companies already cover IVF, which means the majority of Americans are required to pay out of pocket for fertility treatments, even if they cannot have children any other way. 

Trump also spoke about abortion on Thursday, stating that he would vote for abortion to be legal in his home state of Florida to be legal beyond six weeks. 

The former president has also stood by the Supreme Court's rollback of Roe v. Wade, stating earlier this month that abortion should be a state issue rather than a federal one.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.