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Gay Employees Sue New York City for Withholding IVF Coverage

A former New York City assistant district attorney and his husband are suing the city, claiming its health plan discriminates against gay male couples by denying them coverage of in vitro fertilization benefits. The city plan’s definition of “infertile” violates …

Alabama Governor Signs Legislation Protecting IVF Providers from Legal Liability

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to …

Medical Groups Urge Alabama Supreme Court to Revisit Frozen Embryo Ruling

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Groups representing Alabama doctors and hospitals urged the state Supreme Court on Friday to revisit a decision equating frozen embryos to children, saying the ruling is blocking fertility treatments and harming the medical community. The Medical …

IVF Clinic Insurance Affected by Ruling as Alabama Lawmakers Look for a Fix

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawmakers began scrambling for ways to protect Alabama in vitro fertilization services after multiple providers paused treatment in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under a state …

Flooded Clinics, Embryo Mix-ups: The Risk Management of In Vitro Fertilization

(Bloomberg) — In March, a 39-year-old woman and her husband sat in a fertility clinic near Atlanta, and waited. The woman was there to have an embryo implanted in her uterus, the final stage of a grueling in vitro fertilization …

Insurer Beazley Partners With Insurtech Gaia to Offer Coverage for IVF Treatment

Lloyd’s insurer Beazley partners with insurtech Gaia to offer a new solution for individuals undertaking in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. The health-focused insurtech has been working with Beazley and Chaucer to design a new underwriting approach and has been appointed …