{"id":1900,"date":"2021-08-27T11:01:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resolve.org\/take-action\/our-issues\/helping-veterans\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T09:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:18:57","slug":"helping-veterans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resolve.org\/advocacy\/our-issues\/helping-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>RESOLVE is helping veterans to build their family using IVF by continuing the fight for justice in reproduction rights. We advocate to make #IVF4Vets a permanent through the passage of important legislation. Learn more and get involved.<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/resolve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/GettyImages-546826929-scaled-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Black girl hugging leg of returning soldier\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1365\" width=\"2048\" title=\"Black Girl Hugging Leg Of Returning Soldier\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t#IVF4Vets\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>RESOLVE is helping veterans to build their family using IVF by continuing the fight for justice in reproduction rights. We advocate to make #IVF4Vets a permanent benefit through the passage of important federal legislation. Learn more and get involved.Imagine being seriously wounded while serving in the military. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veterans Administration<\/a> (VA) covers all of your medical treatment. But, if your injuries have impaired your reproductive system so that when you want to start a family, your doctor tells you that IVF is the only treatment option &#8211; then you are out of luck. Unfortunately, IVF is barred from the list of services able to be provided by the VA due to outdated regulations.That&#8217;s what motivated RESOLVE and veteran&#8217;s groups to fight to change the VA policy. In late 2016, we won a significant victory: we got Congress to pass a bill allowing the VA to cover IVF for veterans with a service-connected injury.In March 2024, the VA announced a major expansion of its IVF policy. This change means that more veterans can now access fertility treatment through the VA than ever before.<strong>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s new:<\/strong><ul><li><strong>Eligibility expanded<\/strong>: IVF is now available to eligible veterans regardless of marital status or sexual orientation. This includes single veterans and veterans in same-sex marriages.<\/li><li><strong>Use of donor material:<\/strong> For the first time, veterans who cannot use their own sperm or eggs because of a service-connected injury or illness may use donor sperm, donor eggs, or donor embryos.<\/li><\/ul><strong>What hasn&#8217;t changed:<\/strong><ul><li><strong>IVF coverage is still limited<\/strong> to veterans with a service-related injury or illness that caused their infertility.<\/li><li><strong>Surrogacy remains excluded<\/strong> from VA benefits.<\/li><li><strong>Adoption assistance is available<\/strong> for veterans with a service-connected disability-up to $2,000 in expenses.<\/li><\/ul>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/4855\/all-actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veteran and Families Health Services Act of 2025<\/a> was introduced in August. This bill would expand VA and DoD&#8217;s current fertility treatment and counseling offerings in a major way and empower servicemembers and veterans to start or grow their families when the time is right for them.<strong>This legislation would:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Allow servicemembers to cryopreserve (freeze) eggs or sperm before deployment<\/strong> to a combat zone or hazardous duty assignment and after an injury or illness-an important proactive fertility service that is not currently covered under DoD health care.<\/li><li><strong>Permanently authorize and significantly expand fertility treatment and counseling options<\/strong>, including assisted reproductive technology like IVF, to more veterans and servicemembers and ensure that veterans&#8217; and servicemembers&#8217; spouses, partners, and gestational surrogates are appropriately included in eligibility rules.<\/li><li><strong>Expand adoption assistance at VA<\/strong>, providing more family-building options for veterans with infertility.<\/li><li><strong>Provide support for servicemembers and veterans to navigate their fertility options<\/strong>, find a provider that meets their needs, and ensure continuity of care after a permanent change of station or relocation.<\/li><li><strong>Require VA and DoD to facilitate research<\/strong> on the long-term reproductive health needs of veterans.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/act.resolve.org\/page\/50383\/survey\/1?ea.tracking.id=website\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Download the Coverage at Work Toolkit <\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/resolve.org\/about-us\/infertility-discourse-podcast\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Listen to our podcast (In)Fertility Podcast<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/act.resolve.org\/page\/52045\/survey\/1?ea.tracking.id=website\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Download our State Advocacy Toolkit<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESOLVE is helping veterans to build their family using IVF by continuing the fight for justice in reproduction rights. 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