It is one week until Advocacy Day and you still have time to have your voice heard. I’m going to make it super easy for you. Just cut and paste the letter below and then email it to me a dennyceizykjr@gmail.com or add it to the comments section BY THIS WEEKEND!
THIS LETTER WILL BE BROUGHT TO CAPITOL HILL NEXT WEEK AND HAND DELIVERED TO CONGRESSIONAL AND SENATE REPRESENTATIVES BY ADVOCACY DAY REPRESENTATIVES.
Don’t miss this once a year opportunity to have someone from your city bring your letter to make the voice of infertility patients heard!
DATE
The Honorable FIRST NAME LAST NAME
U.S. House of Representatives
Building, Room Number
Washington, D.C. 20515
OR
The Honorable FIRST NAME LAST NAME
U.S. Senate
Building, Room Number
Washington, D.C. 20510
RE: Please Support Legislation to Help Build Families
Dear Senator/Representative LAST NAME:
Infertility is a disease and in the U.S. 1 in 8 couples have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy. Because medical treatments for infertility are rarely covered by health insurance, couples are faced with extreme financial burdens to treat infertility, and are sometimes unable to pursue the treatments they need to build their families. Please support and help re-introduce legislation that will help people build their families.
- Please Co-Sponsor: The Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act, S 469.This bill would provide increased benefits, including access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), to veterans who experience a loss of fertility directly related to their service to our country.
- Help Re-introduce: The Family Act. The Family Act creates a tax credit for the out-of-pocket costs associated with infertility medical treatment, including IVF, and for fertility preservation treatment for young men and women diagnosed with cancer.
- Help Re-introduce: The Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act. While the Adoption Tax Credit was made permanent, the Credit is not refundable. This bill puts back the refundable provision so that the families who need the credit the most to adopt children receive it.
[Please insert information about your personal story and the impact that cost has had on your ability to create your family.]
Thank you for your support of this legislation. And thank you for helping millions of Americans build their families.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME
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