Trump signs executive order expanding access to IVF, says White House

<p>Order directs domestic policy council to suggest ways to ‘aggressively’ reduce cost of accessing in vitro fertilization</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> has signed an executive order to expand access to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/ivf">in vitro fertilization</a> (IVF).</p><p>The order directs the domestic policy council to make recommendations to “aggressively” reduce the costs for accessing IVF, according to a White House fact sheet. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said on Twitter/X that the order was evidence of the president’s “promises kept” – even though <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-expands-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf/">the order</a> does not directly change any policy and does not, on its own, fulfill Trump’s campaign pledge to make the government or insurance companies cover IVF.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/trump-ivf-executive-order">Continue reading...</a>