Battling Personhood in Virginia

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Battling Personhood in VirginiaInfertility, Infertility Advocacy

by Whitney on October 13, 2012 with 10 comments

RESOLVE just published their fall newsletter and you might see a familiar face in it.  When they asked me to write an article about fighting the personhood legislation in Virginia, I was happy to do so. If you aren’t already involved with RESOLVE, I encourage you to check out their website for support and resources. …

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Infertility fights back

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Infertility fights backInfertility

by Whitney on February 17, 2012 with 10 comments

Today, we fought back.  We didn’t sit idly by, while politicians tried to say that personhood won’t affect infertility treatments.   We didn’t remain quiet as politicians tried to sneak into our doctors’ office examination rooms. And, we didn’t watch silently as the legislature snapped on a pair of gloves. “The Virginia legislature is not …

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I did it. I got my Congressman’s support.Infertility, Infertility Advocacy

by Whitney on April 25, 2011 with 18 comments

Today’s score is Whitney 2 – Infertility 0.  Sometimes one person really can make a difference. For RESOLVE’s Advocacy Day, I met with my Virginia Congressman, Representative Bob Goodlatte, and got his verbal support for TWO infertility initiatives.  I am so glad that I did this.  I wanted to try, but never had any expectation …

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Stand up for women’s rights!Infertility

by Whitney on February 24, 2011 with 3 comments

Keiko Zoll, an infertility advocate, recently blogged about women’s rights and what’s going on in our country right now.  Basically the government is trying to govern what we do with our bodies and while legislation is predominantly related to anti-abortion, they are rolling in a bunch of other crazy stuff that would affect women’s basic …

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