Victory in the Aloha State

After more than a decade of advocacy by Hawaiian patient and provider advocacy organizations, Hawaii Governor Josh Green signed HB 1864 into law on July 9, 2026. This legislation requires state-regulated health insurers to cover standard fertility preservation services for individuals facing iatrogenic infertility, including cancer patients. The new law will cover procedures such as sperm banking and egg and embryo freezing and go into effect for health plans issued or renewed in Hawaii after December 31, 2026.

Due to Hawaii’s Prepaid Health Care Act of 1974 (PHCA) – the nation’s only state employer health coverage mandate that predates federal ERISA law – coverage will reach a broader percentage of Hawaii’s population compared to other state fertility preservation laws. We estimate that more than 700,000 Hawaiians, approximately half of the state’s population, will now have fertility preservation coverage should they ever need it.

The Alliance for Fertility Preservation would like to thank every patient advocate and organization that has been fighting tirelessly for this coverage since the first Hawaii bill was introduced in 2012. We are especially grateful for the Hawaii Society of Clinical Oncology, ASCO, Fertility Institute of Hawaii, Breast Cancer Hawaii, ACS CAN, Blood Cancer United, Susan G. Komen and all of the patient advocates who bravely shared their stories throughout this long journey.

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Cervivor School: A advocacy training program for cervical cancer survivors

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Cervivor School is headed to Louisville, KY!

Cervivor is a 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated to raising awareness about cervical cancer. One of its key programs is “Cervivor School.” It is a program that allows cervical cancer survivors to take their own experience and use it to help create positive change for other survivors and for newly-diagnosed patients. This in-person workshop brings together patients and survivors of cervical cancer from across the country so that they can:

  1. find peer support and connect with others who share their experience and the effect cervical cancer has had on their life, family and relationships;
  2. gain substantive knowledge about cervical cancer, its treatment and side effects, and the HPV vaccine;
  3. become a trained advocate in the fight to prevent cervical cancer deaths; and
  4. to challenge the stigma and change the narrative surrounding HPV and cervical cancer by talking about it.

Cervivor School is a key program of the Cervivor organization, which was founded by and is led by Tamika Felder. Tamika is a young adult survivor of cervical cancer who has dedicated herself to this work and become the recognized leader for this cause. She believes that Cervivor School training is a bonding, empowering experience for those who attend.

“Cervivor School gave me something that I didn’t even know that I needed.” Chellese Parker, Cervical Cancer Survivor & Cervivor School Graduate

We have the tools to end cervical cancer! Now – more than ever – is the time for us to do something about it. If you are a cervical cancer survivor sign up for the upcoming Cervivor School event taking place on August 19-21 in Louisville, KY. For more information about this program or to become a part of the cervivor community, go to cervivor.org.

References

  1. cervivor.org
  2. Cervivor School – What We Do