RESOLVE Advocacy Day
In 2008, after two years of failing to make a child organically, we learned the doom Kathy had already been feeling for more than a year was justified: I was diagnosed with male-factor infertility. Our only real chance to move forward would be in vitro fertilization. We couldn’t afford it; we couldn’t afford not to do it. One way we tried to work through that diagnosis, our anger, and our options was to start a secret infertility blog, “Less Than a Million.” This post and what comments from 2008 that are attached to it come from that blog.—gb
For those of you in the DC area or those of you looking for an excuse to take a trip…RESOLVE’s Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill is coming up on Thursday, April 10th! Those in attendence will be lobbying Congress to:
- Co-sponsor of The Family Building Act of 2007 (HR2892), federal legislation mandating insurance coverage for infertility diagnosis and treatment.
- Make permanent the adoption tax credit.
- Increase funding for medical research for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Support the goals of RESOLVE’s National Infertility Awareness Week, October 19-25, 2008.
Good luck, infertility advocates!
