Trump backs IVF with new executive order to make fertility treatments "more affordable"

Palm Beach, Florida - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at improving the affordability and availability of in vitro fertilization, a health issue he had addressed on the campaign trail.

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks after signing an executive order on expanding access to IVF at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida.
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks after signing an executive order on expanding access to IVF at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida.  © Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

The order is a directive "to the Domestic Policy Council to examine ways to make IVF and other fertility treatments more affordable for more Americans," White House staff secretary Will Scharf said alongside Trump as the president delivered remarks at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

During his campaign for president, Trump called himself "the father of IVF," vowed to provide free in-vitro fertilization treatment, and promised not to sign a national abortion ban if he won re-election.

"PROMISES MADE. PROMISES KEPT: President Trump just signed an Executive Order to Expand Access to IVF!" White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in an X post.

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"The Order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments."

"Americans need reliable access to IVF and more affordable treatment options, as the cost per cycle can range from $12,000 to $25,000," a White House fact sheet on the order reads.

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