On Friday, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an alarming ruling, unencumbered by medical facts, that casts embryos as legally equivalent to living children. This unfortunate and uninformed ruling imperils the future of reproductive medicine, and with it, access to fertility preservation for cancer patients. When a child or young adult is diagnosed with cancer, their
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Big win in Georgia! On May 1, 2025, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed HB 94 into law, requiring state-regulated commercial health insurance plans in Georgia to cover medically necessary fertility preservation for cancer, sickle cell disease and lupus patients. It is estimated that approximately 1.8 million Georgia residents have individual, small and large group health
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Cancer patients across the state of Texas have just gained important protections to help safeguard their ability to become parents after cancer treatment. Led by bill authors Representative Angie Chen Button and Senator Tan Parker, HB 1649 passed the Texas House and Senate by wide margins, and Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill into law
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The Alliance for Fertility Preservation Supports reversing the gestational surrogacy ban in New York. We want to alert you to an important advocacy event around family building. We hope you’ll either join us, help spread the word or send letters of support to your lawmakers. The New York Child-Parent Security Act In addition, AFP will
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The Alliance for Fertility Preservation Supports the Colorado Building Families Act We want to alert you to an important advocacy event around family building. We hope you’ll either join us, help spread the word or send letters of support to your lawmakers and representatives. The Colorado Building Families Act On Thursday, February 6th, AFP will
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The New York State Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo have just finalized the state’s 2020 budget, which provides for the coverage of all medically necessary fertility preservation procedures by ALL commercial insurers. It also provides for IVF coverage by large group health insurance plans. This extension of coverage marks a tremendous gain for cancer patients,
Being an advocate takes hard work and dedication. You need to be committed not just when you feel you’ve had a major accomplishment but especially when you feel like there’s still work that needs to be done. If you’re in New York and have been following the Fair Access to Fertility Treatment Act (FAFTA), you
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One of the many objectives the Alliance for Fertility Preservation has been to share stories of those who have been diagnosed with or survived cancer and faced family-building challenges as a result. We aim to share these stories not only with other newly-diagnosed patients and survivors so they can learn about their options but also,
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April 22nd – April 28th is National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) and the theme is, “Flip the Script”. RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association, a group dedicated to ensuring that all people challenged in their family building journey reach resolution through knowledge, supported by community, united by advocacy, and inspired to act, wants to change the conversation
