As the Trump administration and the Republican Party appear to be moving toward greater institutional support for in vitro fertilization, the pro-life movement would be mistaken to treat this as a settled debate, both as a matter of policy and as a matter of first principles.
When it comes to politics, it would be understandable for observers to believe this debate was over before it began and that continued resistance is futile. IVF has long been legal, and there isn’t momentum to restrict it in any significant way at the federal level. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump moved the GOP toward a position of explicitly supporting these procedures, going so far as to call himself the “father of IVF.” He also pledged to initiate taxpayer funding for the procedure.
