India, Feb. 19 -- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday, directing his team to produce policy recommendations to lower health plans and out-of-pocket costs for in vitro fertilization (IVF), amid criticism that his abortion policies would reduce access to the treatment.

Trump's order, however, does not do anything immediately to lower those costs or expand access to such reproductive treatments.

The order is a directive "to the Domestic Policy Council to examine ways to make IVF and other fertility treatments more affordable for more Americans," Reuters quoted White House staff secretary Will Scharf as saying alongside Trump as the president delivered remarks at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

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