Web Links

CNY Fertility Center's web site
http://www.cnyfertility.com
The CNY Fertility Center's mission is to provide comprehensive reproductive care and services in a compassionate, honest and friendly environment. Based in Syracuse, New York.

RESOLVE
The National Infertility Association is a non-profit consumer organization founded in 1974, serving the unique needs of individuals experiencing infertility and allied health professionals with support, education, and advocacy. RESOLVE takes action on critical issues such as insurance coverage of infertility treatments, research, embryo donation, and adoption. An example of their advocacy efforts in NY State is the Family Building Act, passed as part of the New York State Budget in 2001 and signed into law by Governor George Pataki on May 29, 2002. This new law provides insurance coverage for infertility. http://www.resolvenyc.org/advocacy.html

Infertility Resources
Provides legal, psychological, and medical information related to infertility, research, adoption, womens health resources as well as links to infertility Organizations Providing Support for Consumers.

American Fertility Association
National non-profit organization which provides reproductive information, a national newsletter, support groups, advocacy support, and research support.

New York-based Fertility Clinics and their ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) programs
Contains table with some basic information about each clinic. Included is contact information, whether the clinic will provide ART services to single women and surrogates (women who carry a child for another woman), and what percentage of all the procedures performed in the clinic are.

IVF (in vitro fertilization)
GIFT (gamete intrafallopian transfer)
ZIFT (zygote intrafallopian transfer)

Executive Summary of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Analysis and Recommendations for Public Policy
Executive Summary of the Task Force on Life and the Law. Covers ethical, religious, and legal perspectives about infertility and its treatment, patient screening and selection methods, gamete and embryo donations, and ends with recommendations for policy.

GovTrack.us
GovTrack.us is a nexus of information about the United States Congress, bringing together information on the status of federal legislation, voting records, and campaign contributions. The site automatically tracks legislative events and categorizes them into thousands of subjects, so that users can subscribe to follow just the events that interest them. RESOLVE's Family Building Act of 2003 would require insurance coverage of infertility treatments by all health plans that also cover obstetrical benefits. However, This bill never became law.