The next major culture war battle is taking shape in New York City, and it is all about the definition of the word “infertility.”
The City Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus is now arguing that the health insurance plan for city employees should extend in vitro fertilization coverage to gay men. Currently, up to three cycles of IVF are covered for those with documented infertility, but a recently filed lawsuit argued that “the City and its insurance company categorically exclude gay men and same-sex male couples from receiving those benefits.”
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