Senate Democrats dismissed President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on Wednesday calling his efforts to make in vitro fertilization more affordable a “PR stunt” from a “known liar.”
On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order to study how to expand access to in vitro fertilization and make the process more affordable. “The Order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in a post on X.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill, had strong words as well. “If he is actually serious about taking real action to accomplish his own campaign promise to make IVF free for everyone, there’s a simple way he can prove it: He can call on Senate Republicans to immediately back my Right to IVF Act that would require insurance plans to cover IVF, she said in a statement. “Otherwise, it’s all just lip service from a known liar.”
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