Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for women, but did not detail how he would fund his plan or how it would work. “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,” he said at an event in Michigan. “Because we want more babies, to put it nicely.” IVF treatments are notoriously expensive, and can cost tens of thousands of dollars for a single round. Many women require multiple rounds and there is no guarantee of success. In his speech, Trump also said that, if he wins, families will be able to deduct expenses for caring for newborns from their taxes. “We’re pro-family,” he said. In an interview with NBC ahead of the event, Trump also suggested that he will vote to repeal Florida’s six-week abortion ban, which limits the procedure before many women even know they are pregnant. Trump, in the interview, did not explicitly say how he plans to vote on the ballot measure when he casts his vote this fall. But he repeated his past criticism that the measure, signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, is too restrictive. “I think the six weeks is too short. It has to be more time,’ he said. ”I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks.” Trump had previously called DeSantis’ decision to sign the bill a “terrible mistake.” Trump has held multiple conflicting positions on abortion over the years. After he considered various potential national cutoff times, he decided earlier this year that regulating abortion should be left to the states. He has repeatedly taken credit for his role in overturning Roe and called it “a beautiful thing to watch” as states set their own restrictions. But he also came out in favor of IVF and pushed lawmakers in Alabama to protect access after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, sparking national backlash. Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, said over the weekend that Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk. “I can absolutely commit that,” Vance said when asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he could commit to Trump not imposing such a ban. “Donald Trump’s view is that we want the individual states and their individual cultures and their unique political sensibilities to make these decisions because we don’t want to have a nonstop federal conflict over this issue.” The Ohio senator also insisted that Trump, the former president would veto such legislation if Congress passed it. “I mean, if you’re not supporting it as the president of the United States, you fundamentally have to veto it,” he said in an interview that aired Sunday. An AP-NORC poll conducted in June found that more than 6 in 10 U.S. adults support protecting access to IVF, including more than half of Republicans. Only about 1 in 10 are opposed. Trump made the announcement while campaigning in Michigan and Wisconsin as he ramps up his battleground […]