Republicans are coming out in droves to comment on former President Donald Trump’s take on IVF treatments. Specifically, Trump said last week that his administration would look to provide financial support to cover some of the cost of the rather expensive procedure.
Since then, other Republicans have commented on this platform.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told ABC News’s “This Week” program on Sunday that he does not support this type of coverage. But another Republican, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, said that he is at least “open” to Trump’s proposal.
The conflicting nature of these opinions reflects a bigger fight within the Republican Party on IVF – or in-vitro fertilization.
The GOP has struggled to find a unified platform on this subject in post-Roe America. Some disagree with how the procedure disposes of unused fertilized eggs, while others don’t see it as much of a problem when compared to abortion.
Speaking of abortion, Trump also made headlines with a comment he made on Florida’s proposed abortion law. This proposal would undo the state’s current six-week fetal viability law. Trump had said that six weeks was “too short,” and many took that to mean that he was voting in favor of the law.
But Trump recently went to Fox News to clarify his position on the matter, claiming that this proposal could legalize abortions through nine months of pregnancy.