Infertility Advocacy

Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Barbara Collura, President/CEO of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association; and Sean Tipton, Chief Advocacy and Policy Officer at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, about infertility advocacy.

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What is infertility advocacy?
What are the biggest legislative threats to infertility treatment?
What do we mean by personhood legislation?
What states have personhood legislation on the horizon that may impact the ready availability of fertility treatment?
What do you think of personhood legislation with carve outs to protect infertility treatments?
What states are involved?
What are the legislative threats to 3rd party reproduction: donor egg and gestational surrogacy?
How would these threats affect infertility treatment?
What is wrong with legislation that controls the cost of egg donation and surrogacy?
What specific states are in danger?
What do you see on the horizon as far as state or federal legislation that will limit infertility treatment?
What can people do to advocate for fertility treatment options?
Advocating within your company to get health insurance coverage for infertility treatment.
How can you advocate for your needs when dealing with friends and family?
How can you advocate for yourself in fertility treatment with your infertility doctor?