05/18/2026
When I sit with a young woman who has just been diagnosed and explain that we can freeze her eggs before treatment begins, I watch something shift in her eyes. She feels hope, sometimes for the first time since hearing her diagnosis, for her life after cancer.
And often, I watch that hope collapse when she learns her insurance will not cover it.
From a clinical standpoint, fertility preservation is well established. It is part of how we counsel patients prior to treatment, and it is the standard of care. The challenge is not whether we can provide this care. It is whether patients can move from being informed to actually being able to act.
This is not a question of science. It is not a question of medicine. It is a question of access.
We have the science. We have the protocols. We also have a system where, too often, dollars and cents determine whether patients can access that care.
And that is what needs to change.
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Thank you, Dr. Sally Vitez, for speaking in Harrisburg, PA earlier this month, in support of SB 1315. Dr. Vitez is a double-board certified OBGYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility specialist at Shady Grove Fertility.
If you live in Pennsylvania, we need your help — now is the time to share your letters of support via the link in bio!
