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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 2025 Men Having Babies & Our Family Coalition Announce 2025 West Coast Surrogacy Conference & Expo Amid Critical Policy Shifts San Francisco, CA – As landmark policies like California’s SB 729 and recent federal executive orders reshape the landscape of IVF access and family formation, Men Having Babies and Our Family Coalition...

What does SB 729 do?  SB 729 will require health plans to provide coverage for fertility care, including treatment for infertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF). The bill will also ensure that LGBTQ+ couples are not unfairly excluded from coverage. SB 729 is critical to achieving full-lived equality for LGBTQ+ people and advancing reproductive freedom...

To better understand the needs of our community, Our Family Coalition conducted a needs assessment of its members. Affirming therapy was the number one gap identified. Taking that information very seriously in support of our mission of well-being, a partnership with Joon was forged to address mental health needs. Joon (www.joon.com) is defining and delivering...

  For Immediate Release   Media Contact:Name: Q WilsonTitle: Communications & Development SpecialistPhone: 415.981.1960Email address: Q@OurFamily.org Twitter exodus continues ahead of Pride [SAN FRANCISCO, May 24,2023—] Our Family Coalition has made the decision to deactivate our Twitter accounts immediately due to Twitter quietly removing its longstanding policy aimed at protecting transgender people from targeted misgendering...

Exciting, news! Our IVF insurance bill, SB 729, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday. This is the farthest our bill has ever advanced, and it would not have happened without you and the 500+ advocates who contacted the Committee directly. Our bill is now headed to the Senate floor, and we need your help again! Please send this email to your State Senator...

For OFC, “mindful” reopening means that we’re adding back programs on a gradual basis, as we manage the challenges and maximize the opportunities inherent in our in-person events. We’re also figuring out what might–or perhaps even should–remain virtual-only, or even virtual-optional (aka “hybrid”). We’re also reflecting on what we’re learning from our Community Needs Assessment around what our...