Duckworth Calls Out Trump and Speaker Johnson for Ripping IVF Coverage for Military Families Away After Bipartisan Majorities Passed Them

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement calling out Donald Trump—who promised to provide IVF coverage for all Americans—for doing nothing to stop Speaker Mike Johnson from single-handedlykilling her provisionin this year’sNational Defense Authorization Actto provide our nation’s brave servicemembers with the same access to IVF coverage that Members of Congress have, despite wide bipartisan majorities voting to include IVF coverage for troops in both the House and the Senate:
“Republicans repeatedly make promises to the public that they support IVF, but their extreme actions tell a different story from their lip service during election years. Time and again when given the chance to make IVF available and affordable, they cave to far right extremists who see families and their doctors as murderers. And for the second year in a row, our servicemembers are paying the price of that extremism.
“Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he’d make IVF free for all Americans, creepily declaring himself the ‘father of IVF.’ Well, he proved he’s a deadbeat dad by not only failing to make IVF free for anyone but standing by as Speaker Johnson undermined one of his key campaign promises and stripped coverage from servicemembers behind closed doors that both the House and Senate approved. Shame on them.
“Worse yet, it is deeply hypocritical that Mike Johnson worked to deprive our heroes and their families of the same access to IVF coverage that Members of Congress enjoy. While Trump and Republicans routinely let down the American people and fail to deliver on their claims to truly support IVF, I will never stop fighting to protect IVF for all Americans who depend on it to start or grow their families. Our work continues.”
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