A good petition!

I know the message I'm about to copy and paste is pretty bland and generic so I'd like to take a little bit of space before it to talk about it. Infertility hits close to home for me and for thousands of other women. It isn't a choice any of us have made or something that can't be treated. Medicine and understanding of diseases has come a long way and more people than ever before are able to be treated for medical conditions, but somehow, infertility has slipped through those cracks. In 15 states, insurance providers are required to offer coverage, but those states are few and far between and even then employers don't have any real incentive to offering it. Infertility hurts everyone involved. I understand how it is, no one ever thinks it'll be something they have to worry about. I always thought that my husband and I would have children by accident and just accept them as they came, but not everyone gets the chance to have kids that way. Many people (myself included) live by schedules of temperatures and medicines and still month after month come out with broken hearts and more debt than they could have ever thought. I'm lucky, we started worrying about it early, but most people find out so late that they only have a few years to try the different treatment options and then they have to try and squeeze out extra money they didn't even fathom that they would need. In closing I would like to let all those out there who don't want children to know that I respect their choice, but I still would like to request that you sign so that those of us who do have the choice and the chance to pursue happiness.


Dear Friends,

I have just read and signed the online petition:

" Insurance Coverage for Infertility"

hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition
service, at:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/FI200507/

I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might
agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider
signing yourself.