Click the link in the comment above this one “Arizona Infertility Patients’ Rights In Immediate Peril” to see a newer post about legislation pending in Arizona. Like the Michigan legislation, it stands to hurt infertility patients. Unlike the Michigan legislation, there is a vote set for just days away. If you know any Arizona resident willing to take just a few moments to visit the RESOLVE site to use the forms there to contact their representatives about their opposition to these bills, that would be great! A person does NOT have to be an infertility patient to write in. Any resident of the state can write in. Thank you!

Jeanne

I agree. Blogging is absolutely changing the world… everybody’s world. You’re right!

Thank you for your kind words. When an issue like this comes to my attention, I feel a strong compulsion to take action in any way I can to help the cause. Infertility patients go through such heartache! The last thing they need is government intrusion into their very personal family building decisions.

Yes, blogging really is an amazing medium. Bloggers have the power to help good causes and create awareness of important issues. Thank you, Jannie, for your feedback and interest on this important topic!!

P.S. Feel free to grab a RESOLVE badge for your blog if you are so inclined.

Pooba:

Yes, I am very grateful every single day. I am all-too-aware that it could just as easily have been me struggling for years on end trying to conceive. It pains me to watch friends like Alicia and Allison go through such turmoil on their journey to parenthood. I truly did fear that the 4 surgeries I had before trying to get pregnant might have caused scar tissue or in some way made conceiving challenging or impossible.

I worried that endometriosis would make me infertile. I know how fortunate I am and I spend a fair amount of time fighting for the rights of infertility patients because I know so many who struggle with this emotional and physical minefield, because infertility patients’ rights are no less important than any other patients’ (regardless of how this Michigan legislation is written!), and because I am passionate about doing my small part to help infertility patients navigate their painful, emotional journey pursuing parenthood.

I am sorry that you face fears of infertility due to your chronic health issues. I know what it’s like to live with that fear. I’m sorry that is weighing on you!

I emailed you about the surprise you mentioned but I’ll have to make it over to you blog ASAP as well. Since I’m too tired now (after a day involving driving through snowstorms to see my doctor in the city) to write a poetic response quite like the one I wrote Jannie about the award she gave me the other day, let me just take this opportunity to say THANK YOU.

P.S. Feel free to grab a RESOLVE badge for your blog if you are so inclined.

Sonja:

Thanks for stopping by and thank you ever so much for posting the badge I made on your blog. I really appreciate it! The more bloggers display these, the more traffic that RESOLVE page on the Michigan legislation will get. The more people read that, the more Michigan residents will write in to the legislators.

I received an email from the Executive Director of RESOLVE yesterday and she indicated that when another state attempted to pass legislation that was NOT in the best interests of infertility patients in that state, 1000s of people wrote in and called the legislators there (Georgia) and the legislation was defeated. She said that bloggers were helpful in that case at directing traffic to the RESOLVE site (like we’re doing).

So, my hope is that we can recruit as many bloggers as possible to post the badge and link to the RESOLVE Michigan page mentioned in this post! I believe by banding together with as many bloggers as possible, we CAN make a difference! So, please help spread the word to anyone you think might consider posting the badge.

I have posted this badge/link on Facebook too so that my Facebook friends (many of whom blog about infertility and/or endometriosis) might consider posting the badge.

THANKS for posting the badge/link to RESOLVE!

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Jeanne

Blogs like yours which get the info on this out cannot be underestimated. A post like this can go places and help so many, it’s just amazing what this medium can do. Thanks, Jeanne!!
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I agree that the proposed legislation is cruel. It certainly does seem that only those fortunate enough to have never been personally affected by infertility could even conceive of passing such legislative bills. I am sorry that you have had to suffer the pain of infertility. Let’s hope this legislation is not passed!

Jeanne

Thank you for understanding.

As far as their proposal to make patients’ information public, it makes no sense at all. I sure hope the bills get voted down tomorrow. They are wrong for so many reasons.

Jeanne