In an ad released this morning, the Harris campaign targeted in vitro fertilization, claiming that another Trump administration could put in jeopardy access to IVF. The ad features a military wife in Arizona who is undergoing IVF treatments and expresses concern about possible threats to the procedure.
“My husband is in the military. He volunteered to serve. We are patriots, and we go where he is assigned,” she said. “What if we end up in a state where IVF is no longer legal. What will we do then?”
Contrary to the claims in the ad, Trump has sought to distance himself from any Republican efforts to limit IVF or that have been a product of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, done in part because of the Supreme Court justices he names.
The Trump campaign responded to the ad on X, saying, “All Kamala has are lies. Not only will President Trump NOT ban IVF — he has pledged to have the government pay for, or require insurance companies to pay for, all costs associated with IVF fertility treatment.”
The Trump campaign emphasized to NBC News that Project 2025 is not aligned with Trump’s policy proposals.
“Since the Fall of 2023, President Trump’s campaign made it clear that only President Trump and the campaign, and NOT any other organization or former staff, represent policies for the second term,” campaign senior adviser Danielle Alvarez said.
The campaign’s national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, also emphasized Trump’s plan not to sign a national abortion ban.
“President Trump has long been consistent in supporting the rights of states to make decisions on abortion and has been very clear that he will NOT sign a federal ban when he is back in the White House. President Trump also supports universal access to contraception and IVF,” she said.
Asked for comment on Trump’s response to the ad, the Harris campaign pointed NBC News to the ad itself and to the Republican National Committee’s policy platform, which promises to protect access to IVF but also says abortion policy should be left to the states.
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