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Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is quietly working to strip a provision that would mandate health care coverage for assisted reproductive technology — including in vitro fertilization — for all active duty service members, according to Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
Duckworth, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and longtime IVF advocate, told MS NOW in an exclusive statement that Johnson has been pressing behind the scenes to remove an IVF coverage provision from the National Defense Authorization Act.
“After this provision was championed in bipartisan negotiations in both chambers of Congress, it is repugnant that Speaker Mike Johnson is single-handedly working behind closed doors — and against the President’s promise — to rip this provision away from our heroes and their families,” Duckworth said in her statement to MS NOW, adding that research shows service members and veterans face higher rates of infertility compared to members of the general population.
“Given how much we already ask them to sacrifice, how dare Mike Johnson demand that they sacrifice their dreams of having a family,” she added.
Duckworth, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and longtime IVF advocate, told MS NOW in an exclusive statement that Johnson has been pressing behind the scenes to remove an IVF coverage provision from the National Defense Authorization Act.
“After this provision was championed in bipartisan negotiations in both chambers of Congress, it is repugnant that Speaker Mike Johnson is single-handedly working behind closed doors — and against the President’s promise — to rip this provision away from our heroes and their families,” Duckworth said in her statement to MS NOW, adding that research shows service members and veterans face higher rates of infertility compared to members of the general population.
“Given how much we already ask them to sacrifice, how dare Mike Johnson demand that they sacrifice their dreams of having a family,” she added.
https://www.ms.now/news/mike-johnson-works-in-secret-to-strip-ivf-health-coverage-from-defense-bill