President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization on Tuesday. In it, the president declares, “It is the policy of my Administration to ensure reliable access to IVF treatment, including by easing unnecessary statutory or regulatory burdens to make IVF treatment drastically more affordable.” This is not a pro-life position, and pro-lifers must be clear about that.

Couples struggling with fertility use IVF to expand their families. In the process, multiple embryos are created in a lab in order to further the chance of a successful pregnancy. Sadly, the embryos that are not used in the process are either frozen or discarded. A consistent life ethic views life as beginning at conception, which is supported by science. Embryos are unique human beings at the start of development. Viewing them as products to use or dispose of is no less horrific than the killing of unwanted unborn life that is already in a womb in an abortion clinic.