Trump Signs Order Exploring Ways to Lower Cost of IVF Treatments

President Donald Trump signed an order that directs his team to produce policy recommendations to lower health plan and out-of-pocket costs for in vitro fertilization, amid criticism that his abortion policies would reduce access to the treatment.

Trump’s order signed Tuesday, however, does not do anything immediately to lower those costs or expand access to such reproductive treatments.

IVF treatments became a political flashpoint during the 2024 election, following an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children. That led clinics in the state to suspend the procedure until Alabama’s Republican governor signed legislation protecting health-care providers ...