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.

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.

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,

The president says the order would help lower costs and expand access to in vitro fertilization, but advocates caution that this is just a first step.

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.

The executive order directs policy recommendations on the affordability and availability of IVF and other fertility treatments.

Trump's IVF executive order sparks debate on reproductive rights, personhood, and access. Advocates call for comprehensive solutions balancing IVF and abortion rights.