Center for Infertility Justice Blog

Posted by: Marnee Beck at January 3, 2013
Category: Infertility Advocacy

Legislative Update

Posted by: Barbara Collura at January 3, 2013
Category: Federal and State legislation
Barbara Collura is the President/CEO for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. She can be reached at bcollura@resolve.org or 703.556.7172.

Some good news for the Infertility Community… and some work to do in 2013

We have jokingly said for months that the extension of the Adoption Tax Credit and passage of the Family Act would occur late at night at the end of the year…and we may not even know what is in the final bill that passes. Read more.

RESOLVE’s 2012 Advocacy Year End Update

Posted by: Barbara Collura at December 18, 2012
Category: Federal and State legislation
Barbara Collura is the President/CEO for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. She can be reached at bcollura@resolve.org or 703.556.7172.

RESOLVE’s 2012 Advocacy efforts can be summed up in one word this year: Access. RESOLVE and our nationwide network of advocates moved mountains this year to protect access and to increase access to many types of family building options, including IVF, adoption, surrogacy and egg donation. Read more.

The Tax Credit Weekly

Posted by: Marnee Beck at November 27, 2012
Category: Federal and State legislation

Follow along as we fight to get the Family Act passed and to save the Adoption Tax Credit in 2012. Highlights of this important federal advocacy effort will be posted here each week. Each week we'll post the latest information and easy ways to get involved! Read more.

Physicians Support the Family Act

Posted by: Jason S. Griffith, MD at July 16, 2012
Category: The Family Act of 2011
Dr. Griffith is a Reproductive Endocrinologist at Houston Fertility.

In many situations, the issue that trumps all these important elements is the cost of the various treatments. I have had countless patients choose less effective therapies that carry greater risk solely on the basis of cost. Read more.

Why Your Opinion about the CDC Action Plan Matters

Posted by: Barbara Collura at July 2, 2012
Category: Federal and State legislation
Barbara Collura is the President/CEO for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. She can be reached at bcollura@resolve.org or 703.556.7172.

You may have heard that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) drafted a National Action Plan on Infertility (my shorthand title) and that the plan was available for public comment. The comment period has now been extended to July 16, 2012, and you have a unique opportunity to voice your opinion. But really, does it matter if you, someone who is part of the infertility community, responds to the Action Plan? Yes, yes, and yes again! Here are my reasons why you should respond -- as well as information on how easy it is to respond (I even share some of my key takeaways and suggested comments!) Read more.

RESOLVE’s Statement Regarding Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care Act

Posted by: Barbara Collura at June 28, 2012
Category: Essential Health Benefits
Barbara Collura is the President/CEO for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. She can be reached at bcollura@resolve.org or 703.556.7172.

Since the Affordable Care Act was passed into law in 2010 RESOLVE has been very active in understanding this complicated policy as it relates to people living with infertility. Our membership in the National Health Council allows us to sit at the table and discuss these issues with leading experts in healthcare reform, policy, and chronic conditions. Read more.

Just a Girl on Capitol Hill

Posted by: Anne Valentzas at June 8, 2012
Category: Federal and State legislation
Anne Valentzas lives in Irvington, NY with her husband, Jason, 6-year-old son, Jake (IVF #5) and 2-year-old puppy, Hudson. She runs the affluent consumer marketing group at MasterCard Worldwide and, according to Jake, makes "the best cookies in the whole world".

Everything I know about politics I learned from those Schoolhouse Rock videos they used to play on TV in the 70’s (“I’m Just a Bill”). So, you can imagine how intimidated I was to attend RESOLVE’s Advocacy Day this past April. Read more.

Be a state advocate…get started now!

Posted by: Barbara Collura at May 21, 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.

You may recall the legislative battle we had in Virginia this past February. The Personhood bill, HB 1, was tabled until next year, so we know it is coming back. RESOLVE has already started planning our “Virginia strategy” and how we can effectively kill this bill before the session even starts. I won’t give away all the secrets... Read more.

Barbara Collura

Raising Your Voice…it actually works!

Posted by: Barbara Collura at April 27, 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.

Thank you! Thank you to those who came to RESOLVE’s Advocacy Day, to those who wrote letters to Congress, to those who called Congress this week, and to those who supported the Advocates. Read more.

Personhood still alive in Oklahoma

Renee Whitely, RESOLVE Advocacy Committee Co-Chair

Posted by: Renee Whitley at April 17, 2012
Category: Federal and State legislation
Renee Whitley is the co-chair of RESOLVE’s Advocacy Committee. She can be contacted at info@resolve.org

Today we are going to talk about legislative events in Oklahoma.

I know. I saw your eyes glaze over. Not this again. Not personhood, AGAIN. You may be thinking, this really doesn’t affect me and it sort of makes me uncomfortable to talk about. And besides, I don’t even live in Oklahoma. Read more.

I made a promise I have to keep

Posted by: Barbara Collura at April 4, 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.

As Executive Director of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, I have the honor to represent the organization and the entire infertility community at many high profile places. I’ve been to the White House, been on the TODAY Show, and even had dinner with Sherri Shepherd.

But I have a secret. My favorite place to represent the infertility community is on Capitol Hill, the nerve center of democracy.

And I made a very important promise to members of Congress… Read more.

Proposed Infertility Clinic: a danger to society?

Renee Whitely, RESOLVE Advocacy Committee Co-Chair

Posted by: Renee Whitley at March 27, 2012
Category: Federal and State legislation
Renee Whitley is the co-chair of RESOLVE’s Advocacy Committee. She can be contacted at info@resolve.org

Sigh. Just the latest outrage.

You would think that after ten years, I would be immune to this stuff. That I would be able to read about the latest attacks on IVF treatment without getting angry. Read more.

Telling Your Story – and Moving Mountains

Renee Whitely, RESOLVE Advocacy Committee Co-Chair

Posted by: Renee Whitley at March 2, 2012
Category: Infertility Advocacy
Renee Whitley is the co-chair of RESOLVE’s Advocacy Committee. She can be contacted at info@resolve.org.

For someone from the South, you would think I would know better than to stereotype people from other states. But I plead guilty. I have always thought of those hailing from Oklahoma as stoic folks, not easily given to tears. Read more.

Our Voice is Our Super Power

Posted by: Rebecca Flick at February 28, 2012
Category: Infertility Advocacy
Rebecca Flick is the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Projects at RESOLVE: The National Infertility Assocation. She can be contacted at rflick@resolve.org.

On February 22nd, I left my home in Leesburg, Virginia to travel about 2 ½ hours south to our state capital of Richmond to help coordinate RESOLVE’s testimony before the Committee on Health and Education about the impact on HB 1, Virginia’s Personhood Bill. Read more.

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.

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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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