How a niche Catholic approach to infertility treatment became a new talking point for MAHA conservatives

By: Emma Kennedy, Villanova University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: December 12, 2025

Words: 1,312

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

By Emma Kennedy, Villanova University

Along the 2024 presidential campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to make in vitro fertilization, or IVF, free – part of his party’s wider push for a new American “baby boom.”

But in October 2025, when the administration revealed its IVF proposal, many health care experts pointed out that it falls short of mandating insurance companies to cover the procedure.

Since Trump returned to the White …

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