In the Oval Office on Thursday, President Donald Trump rolled out a two-part initiative to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), announcing new federal guidance that lets employers offer IVF as a stand-alone benefit and a pricing deal to sharply cut costs on leading fertility drugs.

Alongside Alabama U.S. Senator Katie Britt and the nation’s top health officials, Trump said the directive is “the boldest and most significant actions ever taken by any president to bring the miracle of life into more American homes.”

“And I will say: Katie was great. As you know, she’s a great senator from Alabama. She’s the first one that told me about this. I had not known too much about it, and we worked very rapidly together,” Trump said. “We had everything passed, and Alabama then took care of

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