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DESCRIPTION:Session: Empowering Women and Rebuilding Trust in Maternity an
 d Fertility Care Program: APHA Committee on Womens Rights Presenter: Sydn
 ey Perlotto\, MPH Abstract Many people seek fertility care for a variety 
 of medical\, conditional\, and relational reasons. However\, pervasive so
 cial and structural barriers—including laws and policies—drive significan
 t racial/ethnic\, socioeconomic\, and geographic disparities surrounding 
 access to and uptake of fertility care. Furthermore\, narrow policy model
 s based on clinical definitions of infertility erase the family-building 
 needs and experiences of single people\, LGBTQ+ people\, and disabled peo
 ple. This presentation uses a Reproductive Justice approach to examine ho
 w “the right to have a child” is shaped both by individual’s identities a
 nd their surrounding community and context—explaining how public health p
 olicies focused on fertility rather than infertility can better remedy he
 alth inequities facing pregnant and parenting people. The analysis involv
 ed reviewing the current public health and legal literature\; examining r
 elevant U.S. laws\, policies\, and litigation at federal and state levels
 \; and outlining key vulnerabilities emerging in the post-Dobbs context. 
 By the end of the presentation\, participants will be able to list a “too
 lbox” of fertility care strategies and rationales (n=25) across six dimen
 sions of public health law and policy: surveillance/research\, direct reg
 ulation\, indirect regulation\, information environment\, place/community
 \, and taxing/spending. Additionally\, using Connecticut as a case study 
 for policy change\, participants will be able to discuss real-world imple
 mentation considerations for three promising state-level strategies (insu
 rance coverage\, paid leave\, and fraud redress). The rapidly evolving co
 ntext of and intertwined attacks on U.S. reproductive rights make shiftin
 g to an expansive and inclusive policy model for fertility care an impera
 tive within public health. Numerous opportunities for change exist.\n\nSp
 eaker:\nSydney Perlotto\, MPH\n\nAdmission:\nRegistrationFees: APHA Event
  Registration is Required\n\nDetails URL:\nhttps://medicine.yale.edu/even
 t/infertility-to-fertility-model-public-health-policy-analysis-and-strate
 gy-toolkit/\n
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LOCATION:1301 2nd Avenue South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, United States
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SUMMARY:2:30pm - 2:45pm (CDT) | 2047.0 - Moving from an infertility to fer
 tility model: A public health policy analysis and strategy toolkit for im
 proving fertility care quality and equity in the United States
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