RESOLVE's Advocacy Day is one week from today on Thursday, May 5th and there's still time to sign up and participate. It might seem intimidating and overwhelming to head to our nation's capitol to speak to legislators about our needs as a community, but it can be a powerful, … Read More »
Advocacy & Awareness
Reclaim your power with tools to advocate for your own healthcare and family-building decisions. There are many ways you can be an infertility advocate that fits your comfort level and capitalizes on your skills and talents. We all have the capacity to become empowered agents working for change.
What I Learned from PETA & Why This Mattered
What a week folks, what a week.It's official: all references to NIAW have been removed from the PETA website, including on that directing Features page that would take you to the contest page itself. Again: thanks, PETA - much appreciated.I've had some time now to finally get … Read More »
Reflective thoughts on PETA forthcoming – promise!
Hey folks - I've been meaning to post a nice reflective piece on this whole experience. It has been a whirlwind of a week and weekend, but I'm literally running on empty right now between work and some after work commitments (in addition to getting my house cleaned/organized for … Read More »
PETA Update #5: An Email from PETA President Ingrid Newkirk
Knock me over with a feather this morning when I actually got an email from Ms. Ingrid Newkirk herself:FROM: "Ingrid Newkirk" [IngridN@peta.org]TO: MeDATE: Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 7:48 AMSUBJECT: Thank You.mailed-bypeta.orgThanks, we will look at that right away.Also, thank you very … Read More »
A 2nd Open Letter to PETA: Thank You
TO: "Ingrid Newkirk" [IngridN@peta.org]CC: "Carrie Snider" [CarrieS@peta.org], "HollyAnne Dame" [HollyAnneD@petaf.org], "Tracy Reiman" [TracyR@peta.org], "Dan Mathews" [DanM@peta.org], "Lisa Lange" [LisaL@peta.org] SUBJECT: A 2nd Open Letter to PETA re: Win a Vasectomy - Thank … Read More »
PETA Update #4: Victory!
We did it, folks!PETA has removed all references to National Infertility Awareness Week from their "Win a Vasectomy" campaign. I've closed the petition and we've come in at just over 2,200 signatures in just 3 days. This is an incredible victory for the infertility … Read More »
PETA Update #3: Close, But No Cigar
It's been a crazy 48 hours. Let's recap: First I sent PETA my open letter in response to their "Win a Vasectomy" campaign. Then PETA wrote back... and told me to "just adopt." So I wrote them back again (does this officially make us pen pals?) and they wrote me back again with a … Read More »
PETA Responds and They Just Don’t Get It
Click here to jump to the list of participating blogs with open letters to PETA. Seriously? PETA just doesn't have a clue. I did in fact send my Open Letter to PETA yesterday to Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA. Color me shocked when I actually received a response from a … Read More »
Infertility and Raising Awareness
We are more than our infertility. When we think of infertility, sometimes we think about all the things it has taken away from us: our fertility, our sense of control in our lives and of our bodies, sometimes even our hopes and plans. Infertility can make us weary, stressed, … Read More »
4 Myths Debunked About Mandated Infertility Coverage
As I mentioned last week, Maine could potentially become the sixteenth state to mandate insurers to cover infertility treatments. The bill, LD 720, will be heard before the Joint Committee for Insurance and Financial Services at the Maine State House (room 220) in Augusta at … Read More »
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