ASRM 2023 Advocacy Activities Report
(Updated 06-09-2023)
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DATEACTION/DESCRIPTION
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06/06/2023Multi-organization sign-on letter in support of Dr. Monica Bertagnolli’s nomination to be NIH Director as part of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research.
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06/01/2023Sign on letter joing the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination (CARD) and allies to oppose a Congressional Review Act resolution, H.J. Res. 61, that would reinstate a sweeping Trump-era religious exemption that allowed federal contractors to engage in taxpayer-funded employment discrimination
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06/01/2023Letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott in support of HB 1649, a fertility preservation bill
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05/30/2023Sign on letter with March of Dimes in support of the the PREEMIE Act, a bill that reauthorizes the only federal law dedicated to the research, prevention and treatment of preterm birth.
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05/15/2023Letter to Missouri's House Committee on Children and Families opposing HB 838, a personhood bill defining "Unborn child" as "the offspring of human beings from the moment of conception until birth and at every stage of its biological development, including the human conceptus, zygote, morula, blastocyst, embryo, and fetus"
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05/02/2023Sign on letter with the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research calling on Congress to reject cuts to NDD appropriations and instead set funding for fiscal year 2024 at a level that recognizes both rising costs and the need for investment in programs important to fostering economic growth and meeting human needs.
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05/1/2023Letter to North Carolina's House Health Committee opposing HB 808, a ban on gender-affirming care for minors
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04/28/2023Letter to Vermont's House Health Care Committee in support of H.369, a bill mandating fertility care including Medicaid
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04/28/2023Letter to Louisiana's House Committee on Health and Welfare opposing HB 463, a ban on gender-affirming care for minors
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04/28/2023Letter to MN's HHS Conferees in support of a fertility provision in the HHS Omnibus bill
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04/20/2023Letter to CT's Joint Appropriations Committee urging support for HB 6617, To provide equitable health insurance coverage for fertility health care to privately insured individuals and individuals insured through Medicaid.
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04/17/2023Letter to Kansas Governor Laura Kelly urging her to veto SB 26, a ban on gender-affirming care for minors with criminal penalties for providers
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04/17/2023Letter to Kansas Governor Laura Kelly urging her to veto HB 2264, a "medication abortion reversal" bill
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04/14/2023Letter to Ohio's House Public Health Policy Committee opposing HB 68, a ban on gender-affirming care for minors
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04/13/2023FDA v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, an amicus brief with ACOG challenging the 5th Circuit's decision not to stay the federal REMS changes on mifepristone
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04/05/2023Letter to California's Senator Susan Rubio in support of SB 848, employment leave related to loss related to reproduction or adoption
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04/03/2023Letter to Texas's House Insurance Committee in support of HB 1649, a fertility preservation bill
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04/03/2023Letter to Idaho's Governor Brad Little urging him not to sign HB 242 into law, a bill that would create the crime of "abortion trafficking" for anyone aiding a person under 18 in accessing abortion care
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03/31/2023Letter to Melissa Wiklund, Minnesota Chair of Senate Health and Human Services Committee in support of adding IVF and FP provisions to the Senate omnibus bill
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03/31/2023Letter to Texas's House Insurance Committee in support of HB 389, a fertility preservation bill
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03/29/2023Letter to Arkansas's House Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor opposing SB 463, a ban on medication abortion that would revoke providers' licenses for failure to comply
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03/29/2023Letter to Kansas House Committee on Health and Human Services opposing HB 2439, a "medication abortion reversal" bill
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03/28/2023Letter to Florida's House Health & Human Services Committee opposing HB 7, a six-gestational ban that also bans medication abortion and interstate travel for abortion care
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03/24/2023Letter to Texas's House Public Health Committee opposing HB 1686, a bill criminalizing the provision of gender-affirming care
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03/24/2023State of Washington et al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et. al., Civil Action No. 1:23-cv-3026-TOR, an amicus brief filed with ACOG in the state of Washington by groups asserting that mifepristone is safe and should be protected by the FDA
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03/24/2023Letter to Florida's Senate Fiscal Policy Committee opposing SB 300, a six week gestational ban that also bans medication abortion
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03/23/2023Letter to Montana Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Economic Affairs in support of SB 516, a fertility preservation bill
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03/23/2023Letter to Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds urging her not to sign SF 538, a bill criminalizing the provision of gender-affirming care for minors
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03/22/2023Sign on letter with Friends of NICHD endorsing the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research funding recommendation of $50.924 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and call for $1.877 billion for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
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03/21/2023Letter to Montana House Judiciary Committee opposing SB 99, a bill criminalizing the provision of gender-affirming care for minors and requiring that providers detransition patients
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03/20/2023Sign on letter with MinorityVets to Congress urging Appropriators to protect funding for veterans and specifically for vital health programs including mental health, caregiving, and reproductive health care in FY24
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03/15/2023Sign on letter in support of the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA)
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03/15/2023Letter to CA Senate Health Committee co-sponsoring SB 729, an insurance mandate for IVF
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03/15/2023Sign on letter with the Human Rights Campaign to Congressional appropriators calling for an increase in funding for the State Department's Global Equality Fund (GEF) to $40m and USAID's Inclusive Development Hub's Protection of LGBTQI+ Persons to $30m in the FY 2024 State and Foreign Operations appropriations bills.
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03/14/2023Letter to Kentucky's Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children opposing HB 470, a bill criminalizing the provision of gender-affirming care for minors
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03/13/2023Sign on letter with National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association to Budget and Appropriations Subcommittee requesting adequate funding for family planning programs in FY2024
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03/09/2023Sign on letter with APHA to the CDC Coalition’s FY 2024 appropriations letter to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education subcommittee leaders in support of $11 billion for CDC.
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03/08/2023Sign on letter with Senator Hirono & Rep Pressley endorsing 3/10/23 as 2023 Abortion Provider Appreciation Day Congressional Resolution in memory of Dr David Gunn
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03/08/2023Sign on letter with PAI supporting increased funding for international family planning and reproductive health programs in the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs FY 2024 Appropriations bill.
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03/06/2023Sign on letter with AMA urging Congress to pass legislation that provides for an annual inflation-based payment update for physicians based on Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)'s recommendation that Congress increase the 2024 Medicare payment rate above current law with an inflation-based payment update tied to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI)
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03/03/2023Letter to Minnesota Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection in support of SF 1704, mandating coverage for IVF and fertility care
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03/01/2023Letter to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon urging him not to sign HB 152, a total abortion ban that includes multifetal reduction, into law
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03/01/2023Letter to IA Senate Judiciary Subcommittee opposing HSB 214, a bill criminalizing the provision of gender-affirming care for minors
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03/01/2023Letter to IA House Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee opposing SSB 1197, a bill criminalizing the provision of gender-affirming care for minors
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02/23/2023Sign on letter with NWLC of opposition to SJ Res 10 and HJ Res 31, joint resolutions expressing “congressional disapproval” of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Interim Final Rule regarding abortion access at VA and in the CHAMPVA program.
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02/23/2023Letter to NE Committee on Health and Human Services and Committee on Judiciary opposing LB 646, a "fetal heartbeat ban"
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02/23/2023Letter to NE Committee on Health and Human Services opposing LB 574, penalizing gender affirming care for people under 19
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02/20/2023Letter to WV Senate Committee on Health and Human Resources opposing SB 552, a "medication abortion reversal" bill
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02/20/2023Letter to IN Senate Health and Provider Services Committee opposing SB 480, a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans minors
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02/20/2023Letter to CT Joint Committee on Human Services in support of Hb 2166, mandating fertility coverage including Medicaid
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02/15/2023Letter to ID House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee opposing H 71, a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans minors
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02/14/2023Sign on letter with Association of American Medical Colleges recommending at least $50.924 billion for NIH’s foundational work in FY 2024
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02/14/2023Sign on letter with NWLC to President Biden remove the Weldon Amendment, an anti-abortion rider, from his FY24 budget
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02/14/2023Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, N.D. Texas, 22-cv-00223 signed on to an Amicus Brief with ACOG that could overturn the federal right to access mifepristone, used in medication abortion and miscarriage management
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02/13/2023Letter to SC House Committee on Judiciary opposing H 3459, a personhood ban that puts abortion in the homicide code
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02/10/2023Letter SC House leadership opposing S 474, a "fetal heartbeat" ban defining life as beginning at fertilization
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02/10/2023Letter to AR Senate Judiciary Committee opposing SB 199, a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors
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02/09/2023Letter to TN House Insurance Subcommittee opposing HB 1215, criminalizing the provision of and blocking insurance coverage of gender-affirming care for transgender people
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02/09/2023Letter to SC House Committee on Judiciary opposing H 3774, an abortion ban defining life as beginning at conception and criminalizing multifetal reduction.
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02/09/2023Letter to AR House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor opposing SB 138, which would strip health clinics and hospitals of licenses for providing abortions
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02/04/2023Sign on letter to Secretary Hicks asking to amend the line items pertaining to hypogonadism and primary amenorrhea to prevent confusion and to prevent those with differences of sex development who have already been evaluated and treated for these issues from being disqualified from service.
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02/04/2023Sign on letter to Secretary Hicks asking to amend the line items pertaining to hypogonadism and primary amenorrhea to prevent confusion and to prevent those with differences of sex development who have already been evaluated and treated for these issues from being disqualified from service.
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02/01/2023Letter to WY House Committee on Judiciary opposing HB 0152, a total abortion ban that also prohibits multifetal reduction
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01/30/2023Letter to MN Governor Tim Waltz urging him to sign HF 1, the PRO Act, that would ensure reproductive freedom for Minnesotans
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01/26/2023Letter to AR House Committee on Judiciary opposing HB 1174, a personhood bill
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01/18/2023Letter to WA House Health and Wellness Committee in support of HB 1151, mandating coverage for IVF and fertility care