Trump pledges IVF funding on election trail
By Hannah Flynn,
PET
| 09. 02. 2024
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Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will ensure IVF for 'all Americans that need it', either through public funding or insurance mandates...
Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will ensure IVF for 'all Americans that need it', either through public funding or insurance mandates.
The former US President who is standing for re-election in November made the announcement in an interview with NBC News in Michigan, while on the election trail. He said: 'So we are paying for that treatment [...] All Americans that get it, all Americans that need it. So we are going to be paying for that treatment or we are going to be mandating that the insurance company pay.'
He told the rally in Michigan, according to the Times newspaper: 'Your government will pay for – or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for – all costs.
'Because we want more babies, to put it very nicely. And for this same reason we will also allow...
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