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lobbied Senators and Members of the House of Representatives for expanding access to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, such as IVF, and for a healthcare provider to provide ART services. URged White house to use an expansive definition of infertility and include ART in Medicaid/ medicare as part of implementation of Executive order on IVT. Also lobbied to urge the FDA to lift the ban on MSM sperm donation. met with staff in the Senate and the House of Representatives to express opposition of Fertility fraud Bill that would impose possible criminal penalties for misrepresenting the nature or source of DNA used in fertility treatments like IVF or IUI.

Lobbied in Support of the Equality Act to increase civil rights protections for LGBTQI+ individuals. Also lobbied in favor of the John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act and other nondiscrimination protections in the child welfare system for LGBTQ+ youth in care, prospective foster and adoptive parents, and families of origin. Pushing back on efforts to remove Protections for Transgender individuals in Federal law. And where appropriate in other bills, we lobby for nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people and families in government services and programs, schools, the child welfare system, and reproductive healthcare.