{"id":2494394,"date":"2025-10-03T17:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T21:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-denies-abandoning-ivf-affordability-pledge\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T17:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T21:04:41","slug":"white-house-denies-abandoning-ivf-affordability-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-denies-abandoning-ivf-affordability-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"White House denies abandoning IVF affordability pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-denies-abandoning-ivf-affordability-pledge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2494394&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the Trump administration&#8217;s response to allegations that it is abandoning its campaign pledge to make in vitro fertilization (IVF) affordable for American families. Despite little visible progress in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mandating insurance coverage<\/a> for IVF, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that the administration has given up on this goal and promised to provide updates. Earlier, President Trump signed an executive order aiming to reduce out-of-pocket costs for IVF treatments, but the outcomes of related policy recommendations were not released as promised. Reports suggested the White House might be moving away from mandating IVF insurance coverage, raising doubts about the administration&#8217;s commitment to addressing the nation&#8217;s declining birthrate. A White House spokesman emphasized ongoing efforts to expand IVF access and tackle infertility causes as part of broader health initiatives.The topic remains controversial among conservatives, especially after the FDA approved a generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, a decision criticized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remember-when-media-freaked-out-over-amy-coney-barrett-and-the-right-wing-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Remember When Media Freaked Out Over Amy Coney Barrett And The Right Wing Supreme Court?\">anti-abortion groups<\/a>. The administration clarified that FDA approval of the drug is a legal requirement and does not indicate endorsement. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump White House denies abandoning pledge to make IVF affordable<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1997758\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s administration denied allegations that it is abandoning efforts to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ivf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in vitro fertilization<\/a> affordable for American families, despite little progress on a campaign pledge that insurance would cover the cost. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Has the president abandoned his campaign pledge to mandate insurance coverage for IVF services?&rdquo; the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> questioned White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karoline Leavitt <\/a>during a Friday afternoon press briefing. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3836297\/trump-white-house-claw-back-funding-portland-antifa\/\">Trump White House looks to slash Portland funding, citing antifa &#8216;anarchy&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3836164\/mark-carney-trump-white-house-meeting-trade-discussion\/\">Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit the White House for trade discussions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3836354\/trump-coin-drafted-for-america-250th-celebration\/\">Trump $1 coin drafted for America&#8217;s 250th celebration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;No,&rdquo; Leavitt responded. &ldquo;As far as IVF goes, I&rsquo;ll check in with our policy team, and we&rsquo;ll get you some updates.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3834878\/trump-fda-approves-new-generic-abortion-pill-angering-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP FDA APPROVES NEW GENERIC ABORTION PILL, ANGERING CONSERVATIVES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In February, Trump signed an executive order that directed policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments within 90 days. But that deadline has passed without the Trump administration releasing the outcome of those recommendations, raising some questions as to how serious the administration is about improving the nation&rsquo;s lagging birthrate.<\/p>\n<p>An August <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/08\/03\/trump-administration-ivf-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report from the <em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, citing anonymous sources, alleged that the White House was abandoning efforts to mandate IVF coverage through health insurance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">A White House spokesman, Kush Desai, told the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3805107\/tepid-economy-thorn-trump-administration-baby-boom-birth-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Washington Examiner&nbsp;<\/em>last month<\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3805107\/tepid-economy-thorn-trump-administration-baby-boom-birth-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\">,<\/a>&nbsp;&ldquo;<\/span>President Trump pledged to expand IVF access for Americans who are struggling to start families, and the administration is exploring every available tool to deliver on this pledge.&rdquo; Desai added<\/span>, &ldquo;Further, we are working tirelessly to address the root causes of infertility and chronic diseases as part of our broader mandate to Make America Healthy Again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3412404\/conservatives-split-over-ivf-white-house-weighs-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">groups remain split&nbsp;<\/a>on whether the administration should take the lead in lowering IVF through the federal government, objecting to the morality of assisted conception. These groups were further incensed this week after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Food and Drug Administration<\/a>&nbsp;granted approval for a second generic version of the abortion pill&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2934604\/mifepristone-science-what-to-know-about-the-abortion-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mifepristone<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3805107\/tepid-economy-thorn-trump-administration-baby-boom-birth-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TEPID ECONOMY COULD BE THORN IN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION&rsquo;S DESIRE FOR BABY BOOM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This reckless decision by the FDA to expand the availability of abortion drugs is unconscionable,&rdquo; said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion group SBA Pro-Life America. &ldquo;These dangerous drugs take the lives of unborn children, place women and underage girls at serious risk, empower abusers, and trample the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-states-can-help-president-trump-make-america-great-again\/\" title=\"How States Can Help ... Trump ... America Great Again\">pro-life laws enacted<\/a> by states across the nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt claimed that the Health and Human Services&rsquo; decision is &ldquo;not an endorsement of this drug by any means.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are just simply following the law, and as they put out in their statement by law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must approve a generic drug application if the application demonstrates the generic drug is the, quote, same as the brand name drug,&rdquo; she continued. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump White House denies dropping IVF affordability pledge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3421,"featured_media":2494395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25276640527944.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60568,64565,37167,60555,32127],"class_list":["post-2494394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fertility-treatment","tag-government-pledge","tag-healthcare-policy","tag-ivf-affordability","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25276640527944.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2494394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494398,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494394\/revisions\/2494398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2494395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2494394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2494394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2494394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}