President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a new plan to lower the costs of in vitro fertilization to create “healthier pregnancies, healthier babies, and many more beautiful American children.” “Today, this announcement, we are realigning the industry towards the simple metric of more healthy babies at lower costs,” said Dr. Heidi Overton, deputy assistant to the president at the Domestic Policy Council. Trump announced the creation of a new benefit option for fertility benefits, under which employers will have a new legal pathway to offer fertility benefits directly to employees, like they do for dental and vision coverage, and life insurance. When Trump made a campaign promise to make in vitro fertilization accessible to all prospective parents, calling himself the “father of IVF,” he sparked concerns from pro-lifers who say IVF relies on the destruction of embryos. While Trump’s announcement concerned many pro-lifers by making IVF cheaper and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., called this “the most pro-IVF thing” a president has done in history, some pro-lifers are relieved that the plan includes coverage for root-cause treatments for infertility and that coverage of IVF remains voluntary for employers. “I welcome the Admin’s commitment to making groundbreaking advancements in treating root causes of infertility more accessible & available,” March for Life President Jennie Lichter wrote on the social media platform X. Big announcement from the WH today about creating an option for employers to offer fertility insurance, which would cover, at the employer's option, IVF and/or treatments for root causes of infertility (often called "restorative reproductive medicine" or RRM).I appreciate that… pic.twitter.com/Zj5O32zE2G— Jennie Bradley Lichter (@JennieMFL) October 16, 2025 Members of the Make America Healthy Again and pro-life movements have lobbied the Trump administration to prioritize root-cause treatments as an alternative to IVF. The pro-life group Live Action issued a memo in June urging the Trump administration to focus on treating infertility as a chronic disease. Live Action also met with the administration several times to discuss IVF policy. Heritage Foundation family policy expert Emma Waters and former Ethics of Public Policy Center researcher Natalie Dodson issued a report highlighting restorative reproductive medicine as a way to treat the underlying causes of infertility, rather than circumventing the causes through IVF. On Thursday, Health and Human Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the plan is in line with the Make America Healthy Again movement to address root causes of chronic diseases. “President Trump is stressing the root causes through his MAHA agenda of reducing endocrine disruptors, the exposure chemicals that decrease fertility,” Kennedy said. The Daily Signal asked Trump if the administration would provide equal access to root-cause treatments as to IVF. I asked @POTUS if his new plan to make IVF more accessible will provide equal access to root cause infertility treatments. "I think we're gonna do that," he told @DailySignal "The Department of Labor is issuing their intent today to open up the rule making process again for… pic.twitter.com/eZ9M1NyHRi— Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell (@TheElizMitchell) October 16, 2025 “I think we’re going to be doing that,” the president said. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said her department is prioritizing delivering all types of health care coverage to Americans. “The Department of Labor is issuing their intent today to open up the rulemaking process again for more flexibility,” she said in response to The Daily Signal. “Anytime that you have a president who’s leading, when you can offer more access to health care at a lower rate, [it] is a benefit to the American people and to the end user.” The plan lets employers choose a stand-alone fertility benefit that matches their values. “This new benefit option simultaneously represents the greatest opportunity to expand coverage of IVF that the federal government has ever taken, while also improving the care delivered,” Overton said. “Additionally and very importantly, it gives employers maximum flexibility to design benefits that are consistent with their values.” Overton said employers are best situated to know what their employees will want to contribute to in relationship to their benefits. “Employers are going to be able to decide how to cover the root causes of infertility, things like obesity and metabolic health and other things that are impacting infertility,” she said. “Also, if they want to encourage their employer, their employees, to see certain types of doctors, and they can work with providers that are identifying the highest-quality fertility providers. And so it puts them in the driver’s seat.” “Our view is that we want employers to be the ones that can make those decisions, notthe government,” she continued. Still, some, like Live Action President Lila Rose, remain skeptical. Trump encourages employers to add insurance coverage for IVF—enabling the commodification of children.Babies won’t be healthier.IVF kids face higher risks of lifelong health issues, & the process itself discards countless embryos—real human lives—deemed “unfit”Reverse this. pic.twitter.com/OOgUML6Rp3— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) October 16, 2025 “Trump encourages employers to add insurance coverage for IVF—enabling the commodification of children,” she wrote on X. “Babies won’t be healthier. IVF kids face higher risks of lifelong health issues, & the process itself discards countless embryos—real human lives—deemed ‘unfit.’ Reverse this.” Lichter, the president of March of Life, said she will continue to call for federal government policymaking on IVF that prioritizes protecting human life in its earliest stages. But she said she can “appreciate that President Trump hears and is responding to so many Americans who dream of becoming parents.” Restorative reproductive medicine “aims to resolve, rather than ignore, underlying medical issues, to increase health & wellness while also restoring fertility, and to respond to the beautiful desire for children while avoiding any collateral loss of human life. It’s totally MAHA, and it has a great track record. More babies + healthier mamas = wins all around!” “I hope this new approach to insurance coverage for fertility treatments results in more women finding healing and having babies through RRM,” Lichter said. The post Influence of MAHA, Pro-Life Movement Evident in Trump’s IVF Move appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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In what will hopefully be the first of many welcome changes at CBS News in this Bari Weiss era, senior vice president for standards and practices Claudia Milne announced Thursday she would be leaving the company after having played leading roles in what our friends at the New York Post noted were “some of the network’s recent controversial, woke reporting” in recent years. For reference, the Post’s indefatigable media reporter Alexandra Steigrad explained the standards and practices unit at news organizations are “responsible for the moral, ethical and legal implications of CBS programming,” so her departure marked the “the first senior executive to leave the network since Weiss” was named editor-in-chief on October 6. Steigard, as always, came armed with sources. She found one who said Milne “was part of the woke mob at CBS News” and thus “Bari’s first scalp” as she seeks to move CBS back towards the center. Steigard reminded readers of Milne’s past controversies, most notably her order in 2023 that CBS News journalists were not to make “any mention” of the fact that the Covenant Christian School shooter in Nashville, Tennessee was transgender. We noted at the time that this was proof they would rather kowtow to the style guide mob at the far-left GLAAD than the facts from law enforcement. Steigrad did make more news later in the piece by revealing another act of wokeness from Milne was her alleged decision to have helped prevent “former CBS News correspondent Catherine Herridge from interviewing Musk in 2023.” “Herridge said on X that she’d had the rare opportunity to interview Musk after his high-profile purchase of the social media platform...But the interview opportunity landed with a thud, Herridge recounted on X, because Musk wanted to do it live. CBS execs said they would rather pass...than hold it live because they were worried about what Musk was going to say,” she added. And in the third exhibit of Milne’s far-left attitude, Steigrad said she “played a part was last year’s criticism of ‘CBS Mornings’ co-host Tony Dokoupil after he grilled author Ta-Nehisi Coates over his one-sided polemic against Israel, which the writer compared to an ‘apartheid’ state.” Ah, so she was part of the woke mob that demanded a struggle session against Dokoupil for the crime of asking Coates why he seemed to be ignorant of history and, to be blunt, have a problem with Jews. On all three counts, Milne sounds like someone unfit to be part of any push to move CBS back toward a place of higher ratings, higher quality journalism, and higher levels of public trust.

On October 14, President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest civilian honor in the United States — to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. The star-studded ceremony took place in the White House Rose Garden and coincided with what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday.Declaring the day a “National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk,” President Trump praised the conservative trailblazer as a "fearless warrior for liberty,” a “beloved leader who galvanized the next generation,” and a “a martyr for truth and freedom.”Glenn Beck, who attended the ceremony, says he “learned a lot” in the span of a few hours. On a recent episode of “The Glenn Beck Program,” he shared five things he learned from attending Charlie’s honorary ceremony. 1. President Trump is a force unlike any other.Even though he was in the Middle East celebrating the peace deal he miraculously facilitated between Israel and Hamas, President Trump cut his trip short in order to be back in time for the Medal of Freedom ceremony, which he insisted happen on Charlie’s birthday.This required him to go “36 hours” with no sleep, Glenn says, and still he handled it with his usual vigor and showmanship.“I don’t know how this guy does it. ... Nothing non-natural goes into this guy's body,” he says, alluding to Trump’s commitment to total abstinence from alcohol, drugs, and all forms of stimulants.2. Marco Rubio is “killing it.”While Glenn was a fan of Marco Rubio long before he became the Secretary of State, he has noticed an incredible “change” in him since his confirmation.“He’s killing it,” Glenn says, referencing Rubio’s diplomatic triumphs, hawkish stance on China, and tireless advocacy for American interests abroad.When he asked Rubio at Charlie’s ceremony what has been the catalyst for his transformation into a total powerhouse, he humbly pointed to President Trump.3. Erica Kirk is “gaining her voice.” Even though the widow, mother of two, and new TPUSA CEO is still wrestling with the grief of losing her beloved husband, Erika Kirk is “really gaining her voice,” Glenn says.During the ceremony, Erika accepted the award on behalf of her late husband and delivered an emotional speech, during which she shared personal anecdotes about Charlie’s faith, relayed a birthday message from their daughter, and pledged to continue his legacy at Turning Point USA.She closed with: "To live free is the greatest gift, but to die free is the greatest victory."“She was very good,” Glenn says.4. The White House is more secure than ever.“The security perimeter of the White House is astounding. It’s at least doubled,” Glenn says, adding that he’s heard the plan is to “[move] the security perimeter at least a block around [the White House], all the way around.”This uptick in security has allowed President Trump to breathe a bit easier. “It was the first time I’ve seen the president in many months outside without bulletproof glass between us,” Glenn says.Glenn’s biggest takeaway from the ceremony was that President Donald Trump, despite the incessant efforts by political opponents and the mainstream media to smear him, is a remarkable human being.“The president was so gracious yesterday with everybody. I mean, he is really an amazing man,” he says.To hear Glenn’s full recount of his time at the White House for Charlie Kirk’s Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, including a humorous anecdote showing how intensely strategic President Trump is, watch the video above.Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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