Advocacy
AllPaths Family Building is proud to advocate for access to fertility care and family building options for all. Hear more about our work, meet our community advocates, and learn how you can get involved.
From Adversity to Advocacy
By Kate Weldon LeBlanc Soon after Lori Berube and Ryan Gagne got engaged, they started planning to build their family. “We knew we wanted to be parents,” Lori explains. “And we didn’t want to wait.” So Lori went for a check-up with an obstetrician, rather...
Breaking Down Barriers in Endometriosis Care
By Casey Berna, LICSW Endometriosis is a disease that impacts 1 in 10 women. Endometriosis can take 7-10 years to get diagnosed due to a striking lack of information regarding the disease in both the medical community and society at large. 40% of all women...
Advocacy Superheroine
By Jon Franke Think about a time when you were faced with adversity, or a situation that seemed unfair. What did you do? If you’re like most of us you made some noise, maybe complained a little bit, maybe even gave someone a piece of your mind. Then, maybe...
We Are 1 In 8.
By Rachelle Bernard 1 in 8. Did you know that one in eight couples deals with infertility? Did you know there is such a thing as National Infertility Awareness Week? Yeah, like you I had no idea. Why would I? I'm almost 42 years old. I have two children,...
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
By Ellen Glazer I am looking forward to joining several other members of the RESOLVE New England (RNE) community on May 10 at the Massachusetts State House. We will be there to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the passage of the law defining infertility for...
Advocacy Day at a Glance
By Crystal Wilson Tyler and I just got back from an amazing trip to Washington DC to advocate on behalf of all Veterans with Service Connected injuries that result in the need for Assistive Reproductive Technology (ART), including in-vitro fertilization...
Maine Family Law Clarifies Parental Rights
By Judith Berry, Esq. When Celia and Robert Nolan wanted to add a child to their family, they knew it would require assisted reproductive technology (ART). Celia is known as a “DES daughter”; Celia was unable to carry her own child due to the side effects...
Work of ART
By Mary Bonauto Massachusetts High Court Ruling Provides More Protection to Families Using ART & Important Lessons in the New Era of Nationwide Marriage Equality In a wonderful affirmation of the great diversity of families in the Commonwealth, families...
MA Infertility State Advocacy Day Recap
Thank you to each and every one of you who came to the State House last week to help us with the Massachusetts Infertility State Advocacy Day. Whether you occupied a seat at the Grand Staircase or electronically supported the day, your voice counted. Your...
Connections
By Erin Lasker Executive Director of RESOLVE New England As I was traveling down to Washington, D.C., for Resolve: The National Infertility Association’s Advocacy Day, I was reflecting on the connections I made last year and wondering if I would see some of...
Many Paths to Parenthood
By Mary Elizabeth Sabatini, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Fertility Center She walked into my office and met my greeting with a warm hand shake and a smile. She was a sophisticated-looking woman in her early 30s. She struck me as a confident person who knew...
Advocacy Day 2013: Making Our Voices Heard
By Erin Lasker, Executive Director This past Wednesday, May 8, 2013, I attended RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association’s Advocacy Day in Washington, DC. I was surrounded by 115 people ready to share their personal, professional and emotional stories...