Mike Johnson strips military IVF coverage from defense bill – report
House speaker worked behind the scenes to strip provision after it was added as an amendment earlier this yearA massive defense policy bill, revealed by US lawmakers on Sunday, does not include a provision that would have provided broad healthcare coverage for in vitro fertilization (IVF) for...
<p>House speaker worked behind the scenes to strip provision after it was added as an amendment earlier this year</p><p>A massive defense policy bill, revealed by US lawmakers on Sunday, does not include a provision that would have provided broad healthcare coverage for in vitro fertilization (IVF) for active-duty members of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-military">military</a>, despite <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s pledge to strengthen access to the procedure.</p><p>Both the House and Senate previously approved the provision, which was added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as an amendment earlier this year. But <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/mike-johnson">Mike Johnson</a>, the speaker of the House and a diehard anti-abortion Republican, worked behind the scenes to strip the provision from the new version of the NDAA, <a href="https://www.ms.now/news/mike-johnson-works-in-secret-to-strip-ivf-health-coverage-from-defense-bill">MS NOW reported last week</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/military-ivf-coverage-defense-bill-mike-johnson">Continue reading...</a>
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