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Listen here: podcast.thebirthlounge.com/e/ep-433-risks…

Exec Dir @kal_fell was a guest on The Birth Lounge Podcast, discussing commodification of women and babies in ART: cbc-network.org/2026/03/risks-…

Find Exec Director @kal_fell's full testimony to the Minnesota State Senate here: cbc-network.org/2026/03/opposi…

But these problems are not limited to Minnesota. Because Big Fertility has unadvertised risks, and has seriously downplayed deep ethical issues like creation of excess embryos and indefinite storage of embryos, any state or country that subsidizes these technologies will run into the same hazards to women and children, the same unfair and unethical burden to taxpayers.

Minnesota has introduced a bill that would mandate insurance coverage for infertility treatment. It would redefine infertility to include single people, cover the worst excesses of IVF, and may even mandate coverage for surrogacy.

Last week the Women and Equalities Select Committee heard that same sex male couples can have embryos created on the NHS in Scotland. Where are they going to put these embryos in order for them to become babies and for the couples to become parents? This is #surrogacy.

"Today, I’m mourning a life lost, and I’m also thinking about how we — collectively, socially, medically — can demand more transparency, accountability, and care from an industry that deals with the most intimate and vulnerable aspects of human life." Executiv Director @kal_fell appreciate it writes on our blog.

Full text is here: cbc-network.org/2026/03/opposi…

The language of a Minnesota bill mandating insurance cover infertility treatment is broad and vague, opening the door for taxpayer-funded surrogacy. And this amounts to taxpayer-funded commodification of women and babies. In this clip, Sen Jordan Rasmussen references our testimony, the full text of which is up on our blog now.

Full text of our testimony is here: cbc-network.org/2026/03/opposi…

In Minnesota, a bill mandating insurance coverage for infertility is under consideration. We submitted testimony against the bill, referenced here by Sen. Jordan Rasmussen. Why would we be against such a seemingly pro-family mandate? For one thing it expands the definition of infertility beyond a medical pathology to include elective reproductive technology services, opening up serious ethical questions for families and all taxpayers.

This petition is a call to the German government to uphold ethical boundaries and protect the most vulnerable. Anyone, regardless of nationality or location, can sign: openpetition.de/petition/onlin…

In Germany, the long-standing Embryo Protection Act is currently under immense political pressure. New legislative proposals aim to legalize surrogacy and egg donation, which would open the door to the commercialization of human life.

Read the full submission here: cbc-network.org/2026/02/uk-par…

The UK Parliament recently opened an inquiry into egg donation and egg freezing. Their inquiry examines whether women donating and freezing their eggs do so with sufficient information about the process, health impacts and consequences and whether the current regulatory framework provides sufficient safeguards to people who go through these procedures. Here's the gist of what we submitted to Parliament, and it applies everywhere egg freezing and donation are increasing in scope. You can read our full submission to Parliament on our blog.

Read more about the petition: cbc-network.org/2025/12/cbc-su…

A mother reached out to us concerned about the damage done to her son in the name of "affirming his gender identity." From there, a coalition evolved to produce a citizen petition to urge the FDA to regulate off-label synthetic hormones. Here's that mother in her own words. You can read her full letter in our latest newsletter and find the petition on our blog.

Read more: cbc-network.org/2026/01/nebras…

Nebraska LB732 builds on proposed LB731, protecting minors from medical harm to which they are developmentally incapable of providing informed consent. We wrote letters of support for three new bills in Nebraska, and you can read them on our site.