"The VA provides treatments for other injuries sustained in war " infertility treatments should be no different." Instead, the provision under consideration would lift the ban for two years and provide $88 million to fund the treatments over that span. At issue is a Senate-passed measure that would lift a 1992 law that prohibits the VA from paying for infertility treatments, such as in-vitro fertilization. The Senate later passed the VA funding bill, which also includes $1.1 billion to battle the Zika virus, by a sweeping 89-8 vote. Murray has drafted legislation to permanently lift the ban but has been stymied in the Veterans Affairs Committee after Republicans indicated they would offer controversial abortion-related amendments.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 17, 2016 19:07 UTC