The View‘s Joy Behar called former President Donald Trump a Marxist over his proposed plan for in vitro fertilization, in which he has offered the federal government to cover IVF expenses.
Trump explained that IVF treatments are “very hard for many people” to get because of how expensive they are and said the Republican Party wants to expand its availability because “we’re pro-family.” In The View’s first episode of its new season, which was filmed in a new studio, Behar questioned why many Republicans have “flip-flopped” on IVF.
“So Trump says, ‘And you know how much it costs? $40,000 is the typical IVF procedure, and the government will pay for it if the insurance companies won’t,’” Behar said on the show’s season 28 premiere. “That’s their idea of what? That’s called socialism according to their definition of socialism, so Donald Trump is a Marxist.”
Behar also claimed that Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Trump’s 2024 running mate, is against IVF, referring to his against the Democratic-sponsored Right to IVF Act in June. She made the comment even though Vance has advocated IVF in the past, stating months before he became Trump’s running mate that he and “pretty much every Republican that I know is pro-fertility treatments.”
Co-host Sunny Hostin questioned how Trump could win the 2024 election when he has taken credit for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, asking, “Who is going to forget that?” This year will mark the first presidential election since the Supreme Court’s historic decision, with Hostin suggesting the Trump campaign is “underestimating” how big of an issue abortion is.
Earlier this year, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were considered people under state law, generating division among Republicans over IVF. Trump’s newly proposed plan to fund IVF access has raised questions within the party over the financial effect it would have on taxpayers.
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), for instance, has said he supports IVF access but would need to “evaluate the fiscal impact” of Trump’s proposal.
Conservatives who have voiced opposition to Trump’s IVF plan, including those who oppose abortion access, have compared the former president’s proposal to Obamacare, which required employers to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives and emergency contraception.