Donald Trump is promising free IVF if he gets elected. As someone who is deep int he middle of an IVF journey myself, I share thoughts and feelings about how I think it'd work (spoiler alert: I don't think it will).

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FACTS AND FIGURES

• Trump says he wants to make IVF treatments paid for by government or insurance companies if elected, NBC News
• Insurance Coverage by State, Resolve
• France drafts law to extend IVF to lesbians, single women, AP News 
• More than half of European countries prohibit access to assisted reproduction for lesbians and almost a third do so for single women, Civio 
• A Global View of IVF Treatment and Access, GE 
• The Parents Who Want Daughters—and Daughters Only, Slate

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