A little over a month into his second term in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order promising to “expand access” to in vitro fertilization. That order called for recommendations to be submitted in 90 days. One hundred sixty-eight days have passed, and doctors profiting off the IVF industry are now complaining to the press about the delay.

This is a wise demonstration of prudence by the White House. Whatever your views on the ethical questions raised by IVF, it is undeniable that subsidizing it directly would be an unfair burden on taxpayers, while subsidizing it indirectly by making it an essential health benefit under the Affordable Care Act would penalize all Americans with higher health insurance premiums. While the White House is rightly focused on keeping government spending and inflation down, now is not the time for costly new mandates that benefit a few at the expense of many.