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Trump’s IVF Ideas Were Put to a Vote; Republicans Rejected Them

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Donald Trump said he would either have the government pay directly for IVF treatments or mandate that insurance companies cover it.

Currently, relatively few insurers cover IVF and the government provides no assistance for a procedure that can cost around $20,000 per cycle.

Senate Bill 4445 , the Right to IVF Act, mostly codified the ability for families to seek IVF .

It received 48 votes, with 47 opposed, mostly along party lines.

There is separately support for “mothers and policies that advance IVF ” in the platform, but that contradicts the due process language.

If Senate Republicans continue to reject the bill, it opens a wedge further between Trump ’s musings and the stated intentions of Congress .

Congress has a short September session scheduled to begin next week and last through the end of the month .