06/03/2026
Last month, Lisa Rosenthal, Patient Advocate and our Director of Content and Strategy traveled to Washington, DC as part of Advocacy Day during RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association's Month of Action.
This wasn't her first rodeo! Lisa has been advocating for reproductive rights and fertility care as well as volunteering for Resolve for 38 years!
She sat across from members of Congress advocating for the Bipartisan IVF for Military Families Act and the HOPE with Fertility Services Act, legislation that would ensure cost and coverage are no longer the reason someone cannot build their family. π§‘
She went because at First Fertility, we are determined to fight for everyone in this community who needs that support.
Getting started in advocacy doesn't require a law degree or a trip to Washington. It starts with knowing the issues, knowing who represents you, and being willing to say: this matters to me enough to fight for it.
Whether you are navigating infertility, building your family as an LGBTQ+ person, or pursuing parenthood by choice, the policies being debated right now directly affect your path.
Interested in advocacy? Here's where you can start:
π§‘ Contact your lawmakers. A short, personal email or phone call carries more weight than most people realize. Legislators track constituent outreach, and real stories from real people shape how they vote.
Not sure who your legislators are? You can find them in seconds at usa.gov/elected-officials
π§‘ Share information. Reposting a fact, sharing a statistic, or simply telling someone in your life about your experience reaches people that advocacy organizations cannot always get to on their own.
π§‘ Sign an action alert. Several organizations make it easy to send a message to your representatives in minutes, and it takes less time than scrolling your feed.
And if right now is not your time to speak up, that's ok.
If you are in the middle of a cycle, grieving a loss, or just trying to get through the day, you do not have to feel pressure to carry this too.
We will keep showing up, sharing your stories, and fighting for the access you deserve, because your story matters even when you cannot share it out loud.
We are grateful to stand alongside RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, State Strong, and the many advocates we are honored to call our community.
This community has fought hard for every win it has earned, and we are not stopping now.πͺ