The mantra for President Donald Trump‘s many broken promises in his second term: Predictable, but still outrageous. No more is this truer than his false promises to make in-vitro fertilization (IVF) free to everyone who needs it to conceive. During the 2024 campaign, Trump was relentless in his vows to provide this fertility treatment at no cost to Americans. He often used headline-grabbing creepy language, calling himself the “father of IVF” and the “fertilization president.” At one town hall, he declared, “We want fertilization, and it’s all the way,” ensuring the unfortunate reporters there would rush to the hotel afterward for a shower.
Republicans had taken a polling hit after the Supreme Court, with the help of three Trump appointees, ended the right to abortion in 2022. The preside