President Donald Trump issued an executive order that aims to reduce costs and expand access to IVF. Here’s what we know about what the order does.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to help families hoping to expand their families through in vitro fertilization by reducing costs for the procedure.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), the White House confirmed Tuesday. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs.

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to expand access to in vitro fertilization, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday."The Order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments,

Signed Tuesday, the executive order aims to expand access to IVF and reduce its costs, but has not effected any immediate changes to the procedure.

The order calls for policy recommendations to “protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments,” according to the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing the government to expand access to in vitro fertilization and reduce the costs of the popular fertility treatment.

The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that IVF treatments cost $15,000 to $20,000 per cycle and that 85,000 babies were born with IVF in 2021.

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