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ASRM One of Ten National Health Organizations Urging Supreme Court to Find Louisiana Law Unconstitutional

Press Releases and Bulletins May 21, 2019

Today, ASRM joined with nine other healthcare organization, led by ACOG, to file an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in the case June Medical Services LLC v. Rebekah Gee.

In September 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled a challenge to a Louisiana law requiring that physicians providing abortion care have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics. The Louisiana law they upheld is virtually identical to the Texas law found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Whole Women’s Health vs. Texas in 2016.

Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act Introduced

Press Releases and Bulletins May 17, 2019

Washington, DC-- The Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act (HR 2803 and S 1461) just introduced in Congress will require all health plans offered on the group and individual markets to provide coverage for the treatment of infertility. The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, TRICARE, the VA and Medicaid are also included under the Act. In addition, the Act will require coverage for fertility preservation services for individuals who undergo a medically necessary procedure that may cause infertility, such as chemotherapy.

Advocacy Day 2019: ASRM Went to Capitol Hill to Garner Support for New Legislation to Ensure All Americans Have Coverage for Fertility Care

Press Releases and Bulletins May 16, 2019

This year’s turnout was the largest to date, with 233 patients and professionals- members of ASRM and RESOLVE from 29 states and the District of Columbia-  in Washington, DC yesterday to meet with their Senators and Representatives to let them know how they can help Americans build their families via support for legislation important to the infertility community.  Before heading out to the Hill, advocates heard first hand from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a long-time champion of legislation to help the infertility community, about her personal infertility and cancer journeys, and her call to action.

Oral Contraceptives May Limit Bone Loss in Young Anorexic Patients

Press Releases and Bulletins Apr 16, 2019

French researchers have identified a promising protective effect of oral contraceptives on the bone health of young women with anorexia nervosa.  Along with the gynecological disorders resulting from anorexia, patients experience bone loss with intense demineralization early in the course of the disease. This study shows for the first time that anorexia patients using oral contraceptives (OCs) have a higher areal bone mineral density than those who do not use OCs  and suggests that, while regularly taking an oral contraceptive will not confer complete protection, it may help to limit bone loss in young women suffering from anorexia nervosa.

ASRM and RESOLVE Announce New Partnership Agreement

Press Releases and Bulletins Apr 10, 2019

ASRM is proud to announce that we have entered into an agreement with RESOLVE: the National Infertility Association to form a new partnership focused on access to care and patient education efforts. ASRM and RESOLVE have a long and successful history of working together to improve conditions for patients, and this agreement brings a new, more formal status to that relationship. The joint efforts will focus on three areas: supporting RESOLVE’s Coverage at Work initiative, working together on policy advocacy efforts, and improving ASRM’s Patient Education offerings.

 

New York Becomes Tenth State to Require Coverage of IVF and Sixth State to Require Coverage for Fertility Preservation for Certain Patients

Press Releases and Bulletins Apr 01, 2019

New York lawmakers passed a budget measure late yesterday which updates the state’s existing infertility statute to include a requirement for health plans operating in the large group market (employers with 100 or more full-time staff) to provide coverage for three cycles of in-vitro fertilization. The budget measure also includes a provision requiring that patients at risk for iatrogenic infertility be covered for fertility preservation services. 

DEADLINE April 26, 2019 - The ASRM Research Institute Solicits its First Round of Major Grant Applications

Press Releases and Bulletins Dec 20, 2018

The newly established ASRM Research Institute invites applications from investigators to develop research projects addressing fundamental questions of major clinical significance to reproductive medicine. Preference for funding will be given to projects that attempt to answer timely, basic and clinically relevant questions of potential high impact to the practice of reproductive medicine and which are currently not fundable (either because of applicable existing federal law or because of relatively lower prioritization) by federal funding agencies. Applicants are advised to review the recently published ASRM Research Blueprint identifying the list of research priorities for the Society.

ASRM Goes to Geneva for the World Health Organization’s Global Summit on Safety and Access to Fertility Care

Press Releases and Bulletins Dec 04, 2018

This week, members of ASRM’s leadership team are meeting with other leaders in reproductive health from around the world in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is holding its Global Summit on Safety and Access to Fertility Care to develop strategies for improving access to safe, ethical, and cost-effective fertility care, particularly in developing countries. This conference follows up on an ASRM-sponsored meeting in 2015.

ASRM Statement on Reports of Human Reproductive Gene-Editing in China

Press Releases and Bulletins Nov 26, 2018

Statement attributable to ASRM President, Peter Schlegel, MD.

 

“We have reviewed the report of He Jiankui of Shanghai, China, regarding the initiation of a twin pregnancy after premature human application of the unfolding scientific technique of CRISPER/Cas to modify genes in human embryos as part of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure.  Although gene editing may have an important place in human medicine in the future, it should only be used clinically after careful study done with vigorous oversight. 

Men Diagnosed with Azoospermia Are at Increased Risk of Death

Press Releases and Bulletins Oct 09, 2018

Denver, CO-  Today, Scandinavian and American researchers presented the outcomes of a large prospective cohort study, looking at the connection between mortality risk and a diagnosis of male factor infertility.  Men diagnosed with azoospermia- no sperm observed in the ejaculate- were found to be at increased risk of dying during the years following assisted reproduction treatment compared to men with no male factor diagnosis. This risk was not seen for men with low sperm counts.

Ethnicity Affects Sperm Quality in Infertility Patients

Press Releases and Bulletins Oct 09, 2018

Denver, CO- Researchers from Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan found that semen quality differed significantly between ethnic groups in a retrospective institutional review.  African American men had lower average sperm counts and motility and more abnormal sperm forms than Caucasian men.  And Middle Eastern and African American men were more likely to suffer from azoospermia (no sperm in the ejaculate) than Caucasian men.

For Women Trying to Conceive, Going to Bed on Time May Reduce the Time It Takes to Become Pregnant

Press Releases and Bulletins Oct 09, 2018

Denver, CO-  Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri presented their findings today at the ASRM’s Scientific Congress and Expo in Denver, Colorado.  In a prospective cohort study designed to determine the associations of different measures of chronodisruption with time to conception (TTC), they found that women who were trying to become pregnant, who had more regular bedtimes, took less time to conceive than those whose bedtimes were more erratic.

Advances in Transgender Reproduction

Press Releases and Bulletins Oct 08, 2018

Denver, CO – Researchers as the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress reported on several exciting studies in the rapidly growing field of transgender reproduction. Before undergoing medical and/or surgical transition, transgender people may freeze eggs or sperm to preserve their future fertility.  New research presented today sheds light on reproductive outcomes in this population.

 

Study of Female Veterans Shows High Numbers Report Being Sexual Assault Victims; Victims More Likely to be Infertile

Press Releases and Bulletins Oct 08, 2018

Denver, Co – According to new research presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s Scientific Congress, a high proportion of female veterans have been victims of sexual assault. Veterans who reported infertility were found to have suffered sexual assault at even higher rates than those who did not report fertility problems.

Disparities in Ability to Access Fertility Care

Press Releases and Bulletins Oct 08, 2018

Denver CO –  Research presented today at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress showed that while the likelihood of having infertility was not impacted by race, education level, income or other social indicators, the ability to access treatment for infertility was strongly impacted by social factors.

IVF for Wounded Veterans Re-Authorized

Press Releases and Bulletins Sep 21, 2018

Today, President Trump signed into law a fiscal year 2019 spending measure which packages three of the twelve annual appropriations measures required to annually fund the operations of the federal government.

HR 5895 combines funding for the Departments of Energy, Veterans Affairs and Legislative Branch and importantly includes a reauthorization of the program ASRM has long promoted which allows the VA to cover IVF treatments for wounded veterans.  Last week, the Senate approved the bill by a vote of 92-5 and the House followed suit, voting 377-20.

Illinois Becomes Fifth State to Enact Fertility Preservation Law

Press Releases and Bulletins Aug 28, 2018

Illinois became the fifth state with a fertility preservation statute when Governor Bruce Rauner signed a bill (HB 2617) into law yesterday at Northwestern’s Prentice Women’s Hospital. The new law requires individual and group health policies to provide coverage for medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a necessary medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility to an enrollee. 

Forty Years of IVF, a Special Issue of Fertility and Sterility

Press Releases and Bulletins Jul 24, 2018

Forty years ago, in July 1978, a remarkable medical breakthrough resulted in the birth of the first human conceived outside her mother’s body. Celebrating this achievement and Louise Brown’s birth, a special issue of Fertility and Sterility describes the development of IVF from its beginnings, through the refinements that brought embryo implantation rates up from less than 5% to over 50%, to technologies holding the potential to develop eggs or sperm from stem cells and to repair genetic errors in embryos. 

Delaware Joins States Requiring Coverage of IVF and Fertility Preservation

Press Releases and Bulletins Jul 02, 2018

Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law a bill (SB139) to require insurers to cover a comprehensive list of infertility treatments, including IVF, bringing the number of states that now require some form of infertility coverage to sixteen and the number of states requiring coverage of fertility preservation services for those at risk of iatrogenic infertility to four. The new law becomes effective immediately.

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