Christian conservatives are outraged that Donald Trump said he supports IVF

The anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Family Research Council (FRC) is outraged that Donald Trump said not only that he supports in vitro fertilization (IVF) but that he wants the government or insurers to provide it for free. FRC was particularly outraged that the procedure is often used by same-sex couples, which they called “disturbing.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group published an article on their news website in which they condemned Trump’s recent statement in favor of IVF.

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“I’m announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump administration, your government will pay for, or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for, all costs associated with IVF treatment,” the former president said in Potterville last week. “And for this same reason, we will also allow new parents to deduct major newborn expenses from their taxes so that parents that have a beautiful baby will be able, so we’re pro-family. I’ve been in favor of IVF right from the beginning.”

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The FRC didn’t like this, however, and they interviewed the founder of the anti-LGBTQ+ group Them Before Us, Katy Fausty, for their The Washington Stand website. Faust and Them Before Us oppose gay marriage and gay adoption.

She first claimed that 93% to 97% of “children” lose their lives due to IVF, something that is not true as the process only results in the loss of embryos. This view, however, is popular among religious advocates who believe that life begins at fertilization.

She then went on to compare the practice to eugenics, the practice in which marginalized individuals were sterilized or murdered to prevent them from reproducing due to being deemed genetically “undesirable.”

“Eugenics is applied to these kids when it comes to deciding which ones live or die, which ones are implanted, which ones are frozen, which ones are discarded, which ones are donated to research.”

The point of eugenics is to pick who gets to reproduce in order to make certain traits more prevalent, so it’s unclear how this relates to IVF.

Faust also claims that IVF is “virtually regulation-free,” a common claim from anti-IVF activists. However, as Vox reports, this claim is untrue as the field, according to experts, is deeply regulated, with restrictions ranging from who can conduct such procedures to the exact processes underlying it.

Faust’s last reason to oppose IVF is that the procedure is often used by same-sex couples in order to build their families. She claimed children need a “mother and father” and called same-sex couples turning to IVF “a disturbing trend.”

“This is not a child-friendly industry, no matter how you splice it,” she said.

In reality, research shows that children of gay couples fare just as well as children of straight couples.

She concluded by recommending NaPro technologies, a Catholic Church-backed fertility treatment that is highly controversial for the lack of evidence backing its effectiveness.

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