In response to Donald Trump breaking his campaign promise to fund in vitro fertilization, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:

“Broken promises are becoming the motto of the Trump administration. Donald Trump may have tried to hide his abysmal record on reproductive health care and claim to be the ‘father of IVF,’ but let’s be clear: He couldn’t care less about American families. Now, the mask is off — Trump never had any real plans to make IVF free. For all their talk about being ‘pro-family,’ Republicans are the ones making it harder for Americans to start and support families of their own.” 

NEW: Donald Trump will not fund or require health insurers to cover in vitro fertilization, breaking his campaign promise to fund this medical treatment. 

Washington Post: “White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge” 

“Trump said that if he returned to office, the government would either pay for IVF services or issue rules requiring insurance companies to cover treatment for it. … 

“More than six months into his second term, however, the Trump administration has not publicly proposed new federal subsidies to make IVF free or more affordable. In addition, White House officials are backing away from proposals discussed internally to mandate IVF coverage for the roughly 50 million people on the Obamacare exchanges …”

Instead, Trump and his MAGA minions are defunding Planned Parenthood while slashing fertility and maternal health programs that families rely on — another goal of Project 2025 that Trump claimed to know nothing about.  

Reuters: “Trump administration to freeze family-planning funds for Planned Parenthood”

Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership, pg. 471: “Policymakers should end taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood and all other abortion providers” 

Politico: “Clinics begin closing as Trump admin continues freeze on family planning funds”

Washington Post: “Fertility and maternal health programs slashed, alarming experts”

“Federal programs that help people compare IVF clinics, monitor safety in fertility and make sense of health data have been scaled back by the Trump administration in a move some maternal health experts predict will have an enduring effect on women and children. … 

“Experts say the fallout will hit patients directly: Couples trying to conceive could lose access to information about clinics, treatments and their chances of success.”

Axios: “President Trump has called himself the ‘fertilization president,’ but DOGE-directed cuts this month decimated Centers for Disease Control staff who track the safety, cost and outcomes of the nation’s fertility clinics.

“The CDC had been a source of unbiased information for families contemplating IVF or other assisted reproductive technologies, including estimates of … their chances for success.”

Despite Trump’s “objectively absurd” claim that he’s the “father of IVF,” attacks on IVF were only made possible because Trump overturned Roe v. Wade.

Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS: “Trump’s claim that he is the ‘father of IVF’ is not only false, it’s objectively absurd. In the same town hall, he said that he had to ask Sen. Katie Britt to explain IVF to him. Those two statements are completely at odds with one another.”

Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN: “‘I’m the father of IVF,’ Trump said at his Fox town hall.

“IVF was first done successfully in 1978. 

“The only reason IVF access became an issue now is b/c of Dobbs, made possible by [Trump’s] appointments.”

CNN: “How the reversal of Roe v. Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children”

The Hill: “Senate Republicans block legislation to codify IVF access”

“Republicans who voted against include: JD Vance.”

REMINDER: Trump “proudly” overturned Roe v. Wade. He is responsible for nationwide attacks on Americans’ reproductive rights. 

Trump: “I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of … Roe v. Wade”

Trump: “For 54 years they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it. … Nobody else was going to get that done but me, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle.”

Trump: “I was able to kill Roe v. Wade … Without me there would be no 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 15 weeks, or whatever is finally agreed to. Without me the pro Life movement would have just kept losing. Thank you President TRUMP!!!”

Rolling Stone: “Trump Claims Credit for All Abortion Bans”