{"id":331932,"date":"2025-05-28T08:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=331932"},"modified":"2025-05-27T08:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:40:40","slug":"couples-restore-fertility-holistically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/couples-restore-fertility-holistically\/","title":{"rendered":"New legislation could make holistic fertility support more accessible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(The Daily Signal<\/a>) \u2014 Can America become a leader in helping infertile couples?<\/p>\n

More and more couples are struggling with\u00a0infertility<\/a>, unable to conceive. According to the World Health Organization, about 1 in 6 people are affected by infertility. In the United States, 19% of childless married women aged 49 and younger are unable to get pregnant after trying to for a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n

Many turn to in vitro fertilization (IVF), a medical process that involves fusing the sperm and egg into an embryo in a lab setting and then implanting one or more of the created embryos into the mother.<\/p>\n

But what if there was a different way?<\/p>\n

Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and James Lankford, R-Okla.,\u00a0introduced<\/a> Thursday the Reproductive Empowerment and Support Through Optimal Restoration (RESTORE) Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe holistic fertility policy promoted through the RESTORE Act aims to treat the root causes of infertility, many of which stem from chronic conditions and environmental factors that are the focus of President [Donald] Trump\u2019s MAHA movement,\u201d said Hyde-Smith in a statement.<\/p>\n

Many couples, if certain conditions were treated, might be able to conceive naturally and not require IVF to have a child. But our current medical system isn\u2019t ideal for couples looking to treat root causes, rather than start IVF.<\/p>\n

Take the story of Marie and Joseph Meaney, who struggled with infertility for nine years before having their daughter, Therese.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly in our marriage, we realized that babies weren\u2019t arriving as we had hoped, and we were devastated. The thought of a life without children stretching out in front of us seemed like one unending heartbreak,\u201d write the Meaneys in \u201cTreating Infertility: The New Frontier of Reproductive Medicine<\/a>,\u201d a March Heritage Foundation report.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the Meaneys, who had moral objections to IVF, decided to pursue treatment using Natural Procreative Technology (generally dubbed \u201cNaProTECHNOLOGY\u201d). The couple traveled from their home in Virginia to Omaha, Nebraska, where NaPro founder Dr. Thomas Hilgers practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Hilgers\u2019 various treatments have proved far more successful than IVF (ranging from 81.9% in case of anovulation [ovulation not occurring], 56.7% in case of endometriosis, to 38.4% in case of tubal occlusion [blocked fallopian tubes]), yet the average gynecologist remains completely ignorant of this option for couples suffering from infertility,\u201d write the Meaneys.<\/p>\n

The NaPro treatment is not a simple fix necessarily. The Meaneys describe a variety of treatments they experienced from surgery to extensive tracking of Marie\u2019s menstrual cycle and symptoms to specialized massages designed to treat endometriosis tissue.<\/p>\n

But shouldn\u2019t Americans like the Meaneys who wish to avoid IVF, whether because of moral or financial concerns, have a way to get such treatment without flying to another state?<\/p>\n

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