Taking a break from funeral planning to share an e-mail I just got from Resolve. I hope that if you took the time to write to your Senator like I urged you to here, or even if you didn't, you will consider calling them to urge them to support this bill. Through the Resolve website fewer than 6,000 letters have been sent to date. That may seem like a lot, that that is fewer than the number of people who do IVF cycles in a year in Chicago alone. So in my opinion, it's pretty embarrassingly low. How can we possibly expect anyone to care at all about our infertility and do something about it if we are not even willing to take five minutes to send an auto-letter online? No wonder it seems like we are living in the dark ages...
From Resolve:
To date 5,890 letters have flooded the U.S. Senate asking for support of the Family Act of 2011, S 965. THANK YOU!
Many of you have contacted us asking, “What else can I do?”
RESOLVE needs you to make the halls of the Congress ring with hope.
Please call your Senators on Monday, June 20, 2011 and urge them to co-sponsor S 965.
Here’s what you can do: (Note: you will repeat these instructions twice, once for each Senator in your state.)
1. Call the main U.S. Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121.
2. Ask to be transferred to your Senator’s office.
3. Here is a sample script for your call:
“Good morning/afternoon. I live inand I’m calling to follow up on a letter I sent to the Senator regarding a bill that I care about, the Family Act of 2011, or S 965. May I speak with the Health Legislative Assistant or someone else in the office?
Once you’re connected:
“I sent a letter to your office and asked that the Senator co-sponsor S 965, as it is very important to me. This bill is called the Family Act and it would create a tax credit to help with the out-of-pocket medical costs for infertility treatment. As you know, yesterday was Father’s Day, and with millions of Americans suffering with infertility, there are men in this country who have no chance of being fathers due to the cost of medical treatments.
Can I count on the Senator to help me and thousands of others in our state by co-sponsoring this legislation?
I urge you to talk to my Senator about this call and my letter. I encourage you to reach out to Karina Cabrera, your colleague in Senator Gillibrand’s office, and let her know if you have questions or need more information about this bill.
Thank you for taking my call and passing on my message to the Senator.”
Need a reminder email sent to you on June 20th? Click here to sign up and you will receive a reminder to make your calls to your two U.S. Senators.
This is a critical step to getting S 965 passed. Our Senators need to hear from us!
Thank you for taking action.
Sincerely,
Barbara Collura
Executive Director
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
From Resolve:
To date 5,890 letters have flooded the U.S. Senate asking for support of the Family Act of 2011, S 965. THANK YOU!
Many of you have contacted us asking, “What else can I do?”
RESOLVE needs you to make the halls of the Congress ring with hope.
Please call your Senators on Monday, June 20, 2011 and urge them to co-sponsor S 965.
Here’s what you can do: (Note: you will repeat these instructions twice, once for each Senator in your state.)
1. Call the main U.S. Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121.
2. Ask to be transferred to your Senator’s office.
3. Here is a sample script for your call:
“Good morning/afternoon. I live in
Once you’re connected:
“I sent a letter to your office and asked that the Senator co-sponsor S 965, as it is very important to me. This bill is called the Family Act and it would create a tax credit to help with the out-of-pocket medical costs for infertility treatment. As you know, yesterday was Father’s Day, and with millions of Americans suffering with infertility, there are men in this country who have no chance of being fathers due to the cost of medical treatments.
Can I count on the Senator to help me and thousands of others in our state by co-sponsoring this legislation?
I urge you to talk to my Senator about this call and my letter. I encourage you to reach out to Karina Cabrera, your colleague in Senator Gillibrand’s office, and let her know if you have questions or need more information about this bill.
Thank you for taking my call and passing on my message to the Senator.”
Need a reminder email sent to you on June 20th? Click here to sign up and you will receive a reminder to make your calls to your two U.S. Senators.
This is a critical step to getting S 965 passed. Our Senators need to hear from us!
Thank you for taking action.
Sincerely,
Barbara Collura
Executive Director
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
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