Health care lobby pushes back on Hawaii LGBT fertility bill
April 21, 2017
HONOLULU (AP) — Health care lobbyists in Hawaii are pushing lawmakers to kill part of a bill that would expand access to fertility treatments to same-sex couples who want to have a child.
They're saying requiring insurers to cover fertility treatments for gestational carriers that male couples rely on could lead to legal problems.
Under Hawaii law, insurers are required to cover one round of in vitro fertilization for some married, heterosexual couples. Advocates from the gay and lesbian community are pushing for equal access to that money-saving benefit.
A Hawaii bill would extend the IVF cov...
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