Melania Trump Renews Push on Women’s Health

President Trump signed an executive order Monday bolstering the first lady’s women’s health initiative with a new task force and a Women’s Health Division within the federal government.

President Donald Trump looks on as First Lady Melania Trump speaks during an executive order signing ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2026. The executive order aims to a create a Women’s Health Division at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a White House Women’s Health Task Force. (Credit Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

Melania Trump is the next consecutive first lady to champion the bipartisan issue of women’s health.

In a signing ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on Monday, President Trump signed the executive order “Advancing Women’s Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life,” led by the first lady, to strengthen research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care for women and girls throughout every stage of life.

In fact, Mrs. Trump pressed her husband’s administration to make women’s health a higher priority, USA Today reported, noting that the first lady set up meetings herself that included workin…