{"id":25109,"date":"2026-07-28T10:32:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=25109"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:32:58","slug":"wyden-merkley-join-colleagues-in-effort-to-guarantee-nationwide-access-to-ivf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-join-colleagues-in-effort-to-guarantee-nationwide-access-to-ivf\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden y Merkley se unen a sus colegas en un esfuerzo por garantizar el acceso a la FIV en todo el pa\u00eds.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>Oregon senators: Nearly two years after Trump\u2019s broken promise of free IVF, the <\/em>Right to IVF Act<em> aims to protect access to fertility care and lower health care costs.&nbsp;<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Washington DC<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined Senate colleagues today in reintroducing a landmark legislative package designed to establish a nationwide right to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and hold insurance companies accountable to cover essential fertility treatments for families.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El <em>Right to IVF Act<\/em>, comes nearly two years after Donald Trump promised free IVF for all Americans, despite his continued attacks on reproductive freedom. IVF provides a critical path toward building a family&nbsp;for millions of Americans struggling with infertility, yet treatments frequently come with inflated prices, putting care out of reach for middle and lower-income households.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cDeciding when and how to start a family is deeply personal, and Americans deserve access to the full spectrum of quality health care to make those critical decisions,\u201d <\/strong>dijo Wyden. <strong>\u201cIt is unacceptable for politicians or insurance companies to stand between families and the essential care they need to conceive.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cIVF should be accessible and affordable to all \u2013 it\u2019s critical care for folks wanting to start or expand their family,\u201d<\/strong> dijo Merkley.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>El <em>Right to IVF Act<\/em> guarantees a federal right for patients to access IVF, protects doctors providing treatment, and shields insurers from state-level interference. Beyond basic protections, the legislation mandates that private health policies include comprehensive fertility coverage that will protect families from predatory medical debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation also expands health coverage for federal workers, active-duty servicemembers, and veterans to include a full range of fertility treatment options.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill was led by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). In addition to Wyden and Merkley, the legislation is cosponsored by the entire U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full text of the legislation is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duckworth.senate.gov\/download\/right-to-ivf-act-of-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon senators: Nearly two years after Trump\u2019s broken promise of free IVF, the Right to IVF Act aims to protect access to fertility care and lower health care costs.&nbsp; Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined Senate colleagues today in reintroducing a landmark legislative package designed to establish a nationwide right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":24865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-25109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-accessible-health-care-for-all"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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