President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday expanding access to in vitro fertilization for families, fulfilling a campaign promise he made last year.
The executive order, one of three actions he signed at Mar-a-Lago, directs policy recommendations on the affordability and availability of IVF and other fertility treatments.
“The Order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on X.
While campaigning for the White House last year, Trump claimed that he would direct the government or insurance companies to pay for IVF, a costly procedure for families struggling to conceive, as he sought to win over the female vote.
Democrats sought to paint Trump as the anti-women candidate in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade being overturned and after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children temporarily blocking the procedure in the state in 2024.
But Trump and Vice President JD Vance claimed the GOP is the pro-family party, with both championing the March for Life rally this year.
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Although the executive order does not directly pay for IVF, it’s a beginning action to ease the financial burden for families.
Trump also signed two other orders, including a memorandum that stipulates “radical transparency requirements” for government departments and agencies and an executive order establishing oversight functions in the Office of Management and Budget and its subsidiary office supervising independent agencies.
