Families lobby for IVF benefit for wounded troops

Published May 7, 2016 4:01am ET



A chance at a family isn’t something you normally find on a wedding registry. But that’s what Tyler Wilson and Crystal Black are asking for, since the government doesn’t pay for in vitro fertilization for troops who can’t conceive naturally due to combat injuries.

Wilson, a former soldier, was shot while serving in Afghanistan in 2005. One of the bullets penetrated his spinal canal and left him paralyzed and unable to have children naturally.

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