Published February 24, 2025
During the 2024 election campaign, President Trump and other Republicans on Capitol Hill expressed strong support for in vitro fertilization as an important tool in forming families. This past Tuesday evening he issued an executive order directing his Domestic Policy Council to develop recommendations to “lower costs and reduce barriers” to the practice.
While it is doubtless true that in vitro fertilization has enabled many parents to have the beautiful blessing of longed-for children, self-governance on this issue is enormously complicated and serious caution warranted.
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Carter Snead, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of law and bioethics. His research explores issues relating to neuroethics, enhancement, human embryo research, assisted reproduction, abortion, and end-of-life decision-making.
