President Trump Wants America to Have More Babies, But IVF is the Wrong Solution

Less than a year after Donald Trump vowed to expand IVF, the White House is now quietly backing away from that pledge.

President Trump says he wants America to have more babies—but would it cost unborn lives?

During his 2024 campaign, Trump declared himself “the father of IVF.” He said he would make in vitro fertilization (IVF) cheaper—or even free—for Americans. On the surface, that may sound like a win for families struggling with infertility. But for those who believe every human life begins at fertilization, this policy is a dangerous contradiction.

In August 2024, Trump declared:

“The government is going to pay for it, or we’re going to get — we’ll mandate your insurance company to pay for it, which is going to be great. We want to produce babies in this country, right?”

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Just months later, in February, he signed an executive order directing his team to bring him policy recommendations to expand IVF access and slash its costs.

His administration has repeatedly called this a “huge priority.”

But here’s what Trump isn’t saying: IVF is not a Pro-Life solution.

In fact, the industry is built on the routine destruction of human embryos—unique, living human beings.

To improve the odds of a successful pregnancy, fertility clinics create multiple embryos during IVF. These tiny human lives are then subjected to screening. Only a few are chosen for implantation. The rest? Often discarded, frozen indefinitely, or donated for scientific research.

This “funnel” process devalues the very lives it claims to help flourish. And that directly challenges a core Pro-Life belief: Life begins at fertilization, and every human life has equal dignity—no matter their size, age, or location.

Despite Trump’s executive order and grand promises, there’s no actual progress. According to a senior administration official, Trump cannot legally force insurance companies to cover IVF without an act of Congress—and no legislation has been introduced.

It’s unclear whether the Trump team even plans to push Congress on this issue.

If Trump truly wants to build a Culture of Life, expanding IVF is the wrong direction.

Instead, America should:

• Make adoption more affordable and accessible;
  
• Promote restorative reproductive medicine; and
  
• Ban abortion pills and dismantle the online abortion pill trade.
  

These steps protect all human lives—including the smallest, most vulnerable among us.

Babies are not products, and embryos are not disposable.

True Pro-Life leadership doesn’t just count the number of children born—it honors every life from the moment of conception.

LifeNews Note: Ashlynn Lemos is the communications intern for Texas Right to Life.

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