Center for Infertility Justice Blog

Posted by: Marnee Beck at October 14, 2011
Category: Infertility Advocacy

RESOLVE Storms Richmond

Barbara Collura

Posted by Barbara Collura at February 17, 2012
Category: Infertility Advocacy
Barbara Collura is the Executive Director for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. She can be reached at bcollura@resolve.org or 703.556.7172.

Our day started bright and early as we headed south towards Richmond, Virginia’s capital. We weren’t sure what to expect of the day. We knew we had an important message to share, but we weren’t sure who was going to be there to hear it. Read more.

IVF becomes a topic on the campaign trail

Barbara Collura

Posted by Barbara Collura at January 30, 2012
Category: Infertility Advocacy
Barbara Collura is the Executive Director for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. She can be reached at bcollura@resolve.org or 703.556.7172.

Today, we’ve reached a new high in infertility awareness. Did you see it? Perhaps you heard it yourself or read about it in today’s paper. Ladies and gentlemen…mark this date on your calendar: Presidential candidates are talking about in vitro fertilization! One of them actually addressed IVF on the campaign trail. Hallelujah! We can close our doors, take down the website, and put this cruel disease behind us. Awareness has reached people who may hold the highest office in this land. What more could we ask for? Read more.

Happy New Year! Time to get advocating!

Barbara Collura

Posted by: Barbara Collura at January 11,2012
Category: Federal and State legislation
Barbara Collura is the Executive Director for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. She can be reached at bcollura@resolve.org or 703.556.7172.

January is always a time for people to reflect on the past year and make plans for the new year ahead. Expectations are high, goals are set, and the work begins. We have the same strategy here at RESOLVE – especially on the policy front. We are planning for a very busy year indeed in terms of federal and state legislation. Here is a primer on what to watch for and what to expect in 2012. Read more.

Become a Project PROTECT Volunteer Today!

Posted by: Bernadette Hunton at November 30, 2011
Category: Infertility Advocacy
Bernadette Hunton is an attorney with the Maryland law firm Kollman and Saucier, P.A.. She is RESOLVE's National Advocacy Volunteer Coordinator.

RESOLVE is thrilled to announce the launch of Project PROTECT! Aptly named, Project PROTECT’s goal is to Preserve Reasonable Options To Effective Childbearing Treatment through state advocacy efforts. Become a Project PROTECT volunteer today, and together we can stop any piece of anti-family legislation wherever it may strike. Read more.

I’m not married: Does my health insurance cover infertility services?

Posted by: Jill Morrison at November 16, 2011
Category: Health Insurance
Jill Morrison is Senior Counsel at the National Women's Law Center.

Lisa Green’s* insurance benefits book listed “artificial insemination” under covered services. It did not say “but only for married people.” Yet when her doctor recommended artificial insemination, the insurer denied her claim because she was not married. Read more.

*Lisa Green is a pseudonym to protect her privacy.

Barbara Collura

“We Did It! We Did It!” Personhood Defeated in Mississippi

Posted by: Barbara Collura at November 8, 2011
Category: Mississippi Initiative 26
Barbara Collura is the Executive Director for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. She can be reached at bcollura@resolve.org or 703.556.7172

Those were the words spoken by Mississippi mom, overnight media darling, and brand-new grassroots advocate Atlee Breland. She just got off the phone with Renee Whitley, RESOLVE’s Advocacy Committee co-chair, on the amazing win for the “No on Initiative 26” campaign. Read more.

Grassroots Activism in Mississippi: a Model for All

Posted by: Lee Rubin Collins JD at November 7, 2011
Category: Mississippi Initiative 26
Lee Rubin Collins, JD is a Vice-Chair of RESOLVE’s National Board of Directors and also serves as co-chair of the Advocacy Committee.

Meet Atlee Breland, a lifelong Mississippian and mother, who learned about the 21-word statement that is Initiative 26, Mississippi's so-called "personhood amendment” -- and bounded into action. Read more.

Comments

Submitted by ABDesq at 01:30 PM on February 1, 2012

I am a legislative attorney in California, and I have been very concerned regarding the blinders that RESOLVE seems to have regarding health care reform legislation. PPACA was a net loss for infertile women-- the restrictions on medical FSAs that will go into effect next year will make it harder for infertile couples without insurance coverage for infertility (the vast majority of us) to finance ART. And now Republicans are working on legislation that will permit the cross-border sale of health insurance plans. If that plan becomes law, the most likely effect will be a race to the bottom, and insurance coverage for ART will become harder and harder to find. The fight to include coverage for infertility care in Essential Health Benefits was completely wasted when HHS kicked that issue to the states. So-called "personhood" amendments are important, and I'm glad to see RESOLVE in that fight, but your legislative program is myopic. You could be much more effective than you are. (For more information on infertility legislatiion, check out my Twitter feed @ABDesq)

Submitted by stormy at 10:32 AM on December 10, 2011

hi im married for 5 years and i still i have no baby my age is 41 and my wife is 22 there is no reason available we do i v f and she pregnant but after that she miscarried the tween please i need help where i go to do it again with successful thanks stormymarch9@yahoo.com

Submitted by Michelle at 10:34 AM on November 9, 2011

Whitney, you are uniformed about our opposition of personhood and probably the process if IVF in general. Once you understand what the "clumps of cells" still have to overcome to become people you will understand why legislation like this is a bad idea and a threat to everyone who could benefit from advanced reproductive technology. That said, congratulations to Atlee, Resolve and infertile women in Mississippi. Best of luck to all my fellow advocates as we continue this fight.

Submitted by Pro at 10:03 AM on November 9, 2011

Yes, congratulations on your role in murdering children in the womb. You should be SO proud of yourself. For an organization that should know how valuable life is through the many woman that are part of your group so desperate to have babies, you should be extra ashamed of yourself. To deny that life begins at conception is ridiculous. Perhaps an infertile woman who miscarries should not grieve. After all, she wasn't pregnant with anything but a clump of cells, right? Great job, resolve. Great job. I don't know how you sleep at night.

Submitted by Whitney at 01:55 PM on October 17, 2011

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