President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C.
President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 30, 2025.(Nathan Howard/Reuters)

So Donald Trump has announced his long-threatened IVF policy. He began with his signature enthusiasm, talking about how “exciting” it was that he was set to announce price decreases for fertility drugs.

It could have been worse.

Whereas he had once given the impression that Making America Fertile Again would be giving away IVF, that’s just not plausible economically or scientifically. IVF is way more of a gamble than that.

As it was presented in the Oval Office, the lower prices are primarily about trade negotiations -- which Mehmet Oz emphasized, before saying how the upcoming “Trump babies” will undo the “under-baby[ing]” of ...

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