Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization

In simple terms

This executive order directs the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to develop policy recommendations within 90 days to protect IVF access and reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment. The order frames IVF affordability as a family-formation priority but does not itself mandate any immediate regulatory or statutory changes.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 10451

Record & deadlines

Feb 18, 2025Signed
Signed by the President
Feb 24, 2025FR published
Published in the Federal Register · 90 FR 10451
Federal Register PDF
May 19, 2025
Policy recommendations on IVF access and cost reduction due to President

Key directives

Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall submit policy recommendations to the President within 90 days on protecting IVF access and reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment

Who is ordered

Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy · Executive Office of the President

What to expect

Immediate

EO issuance and public framing of IVF as administration priority

Near term (90d)

Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy must submit policy recommendations to the President

Long term

Potential statutory or regulatory changes to IVF cost and access depending on recommendations adopted; possible congressional action if statutory changes pursued

Risks & tensions

Order is advisory/recommendatory only; no binding agency action mandated beyond report submission
Sec. 3(b) 'subject to availability of appropriations' and Sec. 3(c) no enforceable rights language limit immediate legal effect
Actual cost reduction depends on future congressional action or agency rulemaking not yet specified
Definition of 'unnecessary statutory or regulatory burdens' is vague and could trigger tension with existing state-level IVF regulations or conscience protections