Pro-life activists oppose IVF on the grounds that it is a grave offense to God. Catholics for Catholics said that the procedure must be opposed and to “hold the line.”
By Catholics for Catholics
In a victory for pro-life activists, the White House is not intending to oblige insurance companies to cover in vitro fertilization treatments, according to a report over the weekend.
Despite having it as a campaign pledge, the Trump administration is not planning to coerce insurance companies or the government to pay for couples who undergo IVF, reported the Washington Post on Sunday, citing two sources with access to internal discussions.
After learning about the news, Catholics for Catholics, an organization against IVF and is staunchly pro-life, posted on the X social media platform on Monday: “HOLD THE LINE: It may not be popular in political conservative circles to speak up on this but… IVF is a grave offense to God and the moral order. We must hold the line as Catholics as we defend the future of civilization.”
Kristan Hawkins, a well-known Catholic, pro-life activist, posted on X: “IVF kills more babies than abortion every year.”
According to The Daily Wire, in August 2024, President Donald Trump announced his IVF pledge during a campaign rally in Michigan.
“I’m announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump administration, your government will pay for — or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for — all costs associated with IVF treatment,” Trump said in his speech. “We want to produce babies in this country, right?”
Trump announces new IVF policy
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 29, 2024
“Your gov’t will pay for or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for all costs associated with IVF treatment”
"We want more babies!"
What a concept – babies made in the USA instead of bringing in illegal aliens!
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A fertility treatment, IVF includes doctors creating embryos in a lab by taking eggs from a woman and sperm from a man, then trying to implant them in the woman’s uterus. One round of IVF can cost couples $20,000 or more, and it is not usually covered by insurance.
The Wire reported that IVF leapt into the national conversation in the bulk of the campaign season last year when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a couple who lost frozen embryos in a clinic accident could file a wrongful death lawsuit over their child’s demise.
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