Donald Trump said he wants the government or insurers to pay for in vitro fertilization treatments. For those lacking coverage, the American taxpayer would presumably pick up the entire cost. Then, just days ago, House Republicans blocked a bill that would have guaranteed a basic right — never mind who's paying — to IVF treatments across the nation.
Seems like we have a bit of confusion here. Trump can bully House Republicans to do as he wants. He got them to reject a bipartisan immigration bill that would have immediately brought order to the Southern border.
The bill was so conservative, it offered Democrats no concessions on legalizing anyone. Trump obviously wanted the border to remain chaotic as a campaign issue. And perhaps frustrated that President Joe Biden's subsequent executive order stopped the stampede, he's flogging the lie about pet-eating migrants.
On the issue of reproductive rights, Trump wants peak ambiguity. His idea of socialized IVF treatments followed the public outcry over eff orts in some states to ban them after the Dobbs decision left the matter of abortion to the states. While helping infertile couples have children, IVF also involves the destruction of embryos, thousands and thousands of them.
There is no inherent difference between an embryo formed the old-fashioned way and an embryo created through IVF. And so those who hold that an embryo is a human being and destroying one is murder are being consistent in opposing IVF. The political proble.