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Fertility doctor speaks on IVF, HOPE with Fertility Services Act

The HOPE Act is looking to establish “mandates to cover” across all 50 states.

ByAlex Jobin

Published on September 11, 2024 at 7:54 am CDT

Dr. Kaylen Silverberg, M.D. is the Medical Director at Texas Fertility Center and the Advisory Board Chair for Americans for IVF, “a coalition of experts and advocates dedicated to advancing the accessibility and understanding of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) across the United States. Silverberg spoke with APR on Tuesday to discuss IVF and its recent emergence as a political issue.

We began by discussing the HOPE with Fertility Services Act, a bill introduced to Congress in June by Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25). The bill currently has 10 Republican and 3 Democrat co-sponsors. Americans for IVF is heavily involved in the effort to pass the bill through Congress.

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