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WATCH: Trump announces new rule establishing an optional fertility benefit for workers

President Donald Trump held an event in the Oval Office on Monday to announce that the Labor Department was issuing a new regulation to formally create a fertility benefit option for employers that could be offered to workers outside normal health insurance plans.

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According to PBS News’s source item, WATCH: Trump announces new rule establishing an optional fertility benefit for workers, President Donald Trump held an event in the Oval Office on Monday to announce that the Labor Department was issuing a new regulation to formally create a fertility benefit option for employers that could be offered to workers outside normal health insurance plans.

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WATCH: Trump announces new rule establishing an optional fertility benefit for workersPBS News - 2026-05-11T17:19:23+00:00

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