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.
Happy talk about making babies became the preferred tactic — “because we want more babies, to put it nicely,” Trump said at one Michigan event.
The promise of free IVF allowed Trump to pretend anti-abortion policies weren’t about punishing women, but was simply the result of his overwhelming love for babies and desire to see more of them.
Enough people bought the lie, which likely helped push Trump across the line in a photo finish of an election.
It’s a hateful lie, but it’s well-designed nonetheless to prey on people who are already feeling low about their infertility. »