Trump’s IVF Executive Order Is a Distraction

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Trump took office he’s issued on everything from so-called government waste to doing away with paper straws. But the Trump IVF executive order that he on Feb.

18 stood out, both for its topic and its vaguery.Titled “Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization,” it states that the administration recognizes and wants to support “family formation,” but notes that as many as one in seven couples are unable to conceive without assistance.

In Vitro Fertilization, or IVF, is one of the ways these families can have a child, but can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $25,000 out of pocket, making it prohibitively expensive for many.The Trump administration, the order states, wants to change that, by ensuring “reliable access to IVF treatment, including by easing unnecessary statutory or regulatory burdens to make IVF treatment drastically more affordable.”Unlike previous executive orders, which made drastic moves from creating a whole new government office () or US aid to foreign nations (and leaving its workers across the world in limbo), the IVF order is much less prescriptive.

The action item is passive in comparison to its predecessors, with Trump simply saying that he wants the issue of IVF access and affordability to be studied.“Within 90 days of the date of this order, the assistant to the president for domestic policy shall submit to the president a list of policy recommendations on protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment,” it states.Out of context, Trump’s executive order on IVF isn’t overly declarative and is rather benign.